Sweet peas climb upwards, using little ground space, while the vegetable grows low to the ground with wide, leafy coverage.

We love sweet peas - doesn’t everyone? They’re beautiful, they smell great, and they’re easy to grow. If you’ve already sown them indoors, you’re probably wondering when to plant out ...

Note that all parts of the sweet pea are inedible, despite their yummy fragrance, and the flowers are extraordinary too — delicate crepe-papery blooms growing thickly on vines in a wide range of ...

They’re not getting enough light If you want to enjoy the delights of a blooming sweet pea plant, you need to know how to care for sweet peas. And while we’d like to say they’re pretty low ...

When to plant sweet peas Sweet peas perform best if their roots are forced to grow in a deep, narrow channel but timing is also important to give the plant a good start. The gardening experts at ...

Sweet peas are easy-to-grow, hardy annuals. If you live in USDA Zone 7 or warmer, plant them outdoors in late fall. Elsewhere, plant them from late winter to very early spring. The seedlings can ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds ...

THERE'S few things more lovely than a sweetpea in bloom. Especially if they're filled with fragrance and happily climbing around your outside space. This week, Strictly star Amy Dowden had a pink ...

All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. THERE'S few things more lovely than a sweetpea ...