No 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 ...

The Sweet Pea flower committee kicked off the annual festival Friday with the traditional flower show contest.

Sweet pea flowers naturally self-pollinate while still in bud, and it would seem that their color and perfume are there to please the gardener more than the bee.

Sharing photos, Amy wrote: 'Today at The Royal Flower Chelsea show was the launch of the newest variety of sweet pea and named after me. What an absolute honour. 'Thank you @englishsweetpeas.

Sweet pea blooms are not as intensely colored as cyclamen, but they add the dimension of a pleasant fragrance to the winter garden.