code: 587
Sow autumn in cold greenhouse or late winter/early spring
Family: Leguminoseae
Plant Classification: Hardy annual
Packet Content(approx.): 25
A truly ‘stylish’ Spencer variety sweet pea with very fragrant and full-bodied flowers on long stems and all of the guaranteed performance and breeding you might expect from this stable.
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 peas are most at home in a cutting or kitchen garden, since they have a specific use: for bringing indoors. They are not appealing to pollinators and although they look decorative scrambling up a teepee, it needs to be at least 8 feet tall. Any straight-ish branches or poles will do for a wigwam as long as young plants can aim their tendrils at twine tied around the structure near the base (and continued up) or pea sticks pushed into the ground.
- Sweet peas are hardy annuals which can flower from early summer until autumn with some attention.
• One way of navigating the huge variety on offer is to choose between frilly and scented. For a bit of both, try the Modern Grandiflora varieties.
• Sweet peas are a gift for anyone who likes to bring flowers indoors; they demand to be cut otherwise they will go to seed.
