N o summer garden is complete without sweet peas. With super-abundant, delicate flowers with a heavenly perfume, they are addictive to grow, not least for their cut-flower potential, filling our homes ...

When your plant is producing fewer and fewer blooms, usually by late July or August, it is time to stop feeding. Once you have reached this stage, no amount of fertilizer can bring the plant back ...

Sweet peas are annual climbers with unbeatable fragrance. Discover our best sweet pea varieties and tips for how to grow them.

Myths and legends surround the sowing and growing of sweet peas. Many were first spun when showing sweet pea blooms was almost a competitive sport in England, with gardeners fiercely competing for ...

The great news is that this is the best time of year to start planting many different types of plants, including beautiful flowers like sweet peas.

Discover the best summer flowers for July, from sunflowers to dahlias, to grow in your garden and use as cut flowers or to ...

This makes U-Pick season especially tempting for those fans of the flower, but finding regional spots that specialize in the sweet pea can be as challenging as describing its singular scent.

"Sweet Pea Queen" Marryn Mathis, the owner of The Farmhouse Flower Farm, has written a beautiful new book to share her experiences growing the cherished annual.

Q: I grew sweet peas this summer and loved filling the house with their flowers. The plants have finished and I was going to clear them away to the compost heap but noticed a lot of pods on them ...

Sweet peas like to grow their roots long - and they don't like being disturbed. So the best way of keeping them happy is to fill toilet rolls with compost - and then place on a seed tray.