The sweet smell of summer (Sweet Pea)

Member Name: barbie84

Product:	Sweet Pea
Date:	19/04/08 (188 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: smell and look great

Disadvantages: none

sweet pea is an absolutley georgeous plant for your garden during summer, the name is a bit miss leading as this plant doesnt produce peas at all but does produce the most beautiful smell in your garden.

These come in a vast array of colours so look beautiful as there are so many different colours together and this plant can be put absolutley anywhere, it is a climbing plant so you can get it to trail up trellising on your fencing which can get to about 8 foot tall and looks absolutley beautiful or you can use it as a trailing plant to come down from your container tubs or hanging baskets so is suitable for any garden from the very small to the very large.

These are available now in dwarf species which only grow to about 8 inches which are also ideal for your hanging baskets or window boxes.

This plant enjoys a cool climate and quite dry soil so it will thrive very well in a british garden.

You can buy a packet of around 200 seeds for about £1.50 from most gardening stores and they are very easy to grow, you dont need to put them in a greenhouse to germinate you can plant the seeds where you want them to grow and water them each time the soil becomes dry.

You can plant your seeds after the frosts of winter have finished, i planted mine at the end of march this year but dont know if they will have survived the snow we had a couple of weeks ago but only time will tell.

These plants will normally begin to flower in may and flower through untill early september but dont worry if they are a bit late this year as the spring has been quite cold.

As your flowers die off cut them off to allow for new growth but at the end of the flowering season leave the last few flowers to go to seed so that you can collect the seeds for next year as this will mean you dont have to buy new seeds every year.

Sweet pea gives a vast array of colour to your garden and look lovely in the garden or as my nan likes in a vase as they smell lovely too.

Summary: a brilliant plant for any garden