Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Hold on - this is not the fragrant annual sweet pea flower you remember from home (I'll write about those gems in a future article). This plant is an evergreen shrub producing vibrant violet/purple ...

No summer garden is complete without sweet peas. With super-abundant, delicate flowers with a heavenly perfume, they are addictive to grow, not least for their cut-flower potential, filling our homes ...

SWEET PEAS are easy to grow, give off a distinctive scent and flower throughout the summer. But if you're wanting to update your garden this year, when should you plant sweet peas? Here's all you need ...

Sweet peas have finished flowering for the summer, with many gardeners now focused on deadheading to prolong their display of dainty blooms. While you may have missed your chance to grow your own ...

Knowing how to take sweet pea cuttings is your golden ticket to an endless supply of these beautiful summertime blooms, so it's no surprise that it's something that more people are looking to learn ...

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 ...

Ursula Cholmeley, who has spent 25 years restoring Easton Walled Gardens, recommends sowing sweet peas now for stronger ...

Well trained: sweet peas grown from autumn sowings make stronger plants and flower for longer Credit: Photo: Alamy The advantages accruing from sowing sweet peas in the autumn are so real and ...