beautiful, easy, and cheap to grow (Sweet Pea)

Member Name: ellesmellycat

Product:	Sweet Pea
Date:	21/05/09 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: covers up unsightly walls

Disadvantages: only last one year

These are one of the easiest things you can grow from seed, they are a fantastic way to make your garden look and smell great really cheaply. Packets of seeds can be picked up from most supermarkets or garden centers for less then £2, the best idea is to start them off in a propagator inside or in a greenhouse in march/april time, once they get to about 2 inches high in late april/May they can be planted out side where you want them. If you don't have a propagator try putting some toilet rolls on a dinner plate, half fill with compost/soil pop a couple of seeds in then cover and keep moist until they are taken out side, the toilet roll can be plated into the ground directly and will biodegrade. If this all seems like too much hassle just throw them where you want them in april and they'll be fine!!!

They grow up to 2m tall and look great wound around posts of in between fencing, I save the longer twigs from the trees in my garden and use them to make a cheap trellis for the patio. Pinching the flowers off will make them produce more flowers, you can save the seeds (some where dark and dry) to plant next year-but don't eat them they poisonous.

They have tendrils that will wind around what ever they can find and will support them selves when they have something to hang on to. Flowers are highly scented and come in a huge range of colors-pink; purple; white. they work really well as cut flowers. They are useful for hiding horrible walls or fences in the garden and for introducing children to gardening.

Please don't buy them as plant from a garden center they are so easy to grow from seed! and its much much cheaper this way!

Summary: great fun to grow!