code: 619
great dignity and elegance
Family: Leguminosae
Common name: Lathyrus odoratus
Plant Classification: Hardy annual
Packet Content(approx.): 25
This grandiflora type is a wonderful, highly-scented, old-fashioned, true navy blue, as you might expect, with a wonderful rich perfume, and is the result of Henry Eckford’s work in the late 19th century. It has what are now considered to be smaller flowers and shorter stems than many modern hybrids, with three, sometimes four flowers to a stem, but they are irresistible, with wonderful, overpoweringly strong scent, and great dignity and elegance.
Sowing advice:
Sow autumn in cold greenhouse or late winter/early spring in warm greenhouse, propagator, or windowsill for late spring planting. Alternatively sow outdoors March-April.
Sweet Pea ‘Lord Nelson’ is a wonderful, highly-scented, old-fashioned, purple-navy. 8/10 scent.
The result of Henry Eckford’s work in the late 19th century is the Grandiflora group of sweet peas which, until this year, formed 90 per cent of the varieties I grow. They have what are now considered to be relatively small flowers and short stems with three, sometimes four flowers to a stem, but many of them are irresistible, with wonderful, strong scent and great dignity and elegance.
No garden is complete without sweet peas. Grow them over arches, teepees and trellis and plant them with your runner beans to draw lots of insect pollinators into your veg patch. Sweet peas are all easy to grow and will fill your garden and house with the best scent ever.
We sow our highly-scented, old-fashioned sweet pea seeds in the winter, as well as in the spring, so that you will have excellent productive plants throughout the summer. Our sweet pea seedlings come with full planting instructions.
