Sweet peas (long and waffling)
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Growing peas and sweet peas in the garden
Comments (7)Yes, I plant sweet peas almost every year, usually at one end or the other of one of my regular rows of peas. The major "problem" with them is the weather. They are kind of a gamble here. If it's a cool to average year, they are fine and can be very beautiful. If its a hot year, they may fizzle out prematurely without having many flowers. The other problem with them is critters. I have had them chewed up pretty badly by woodchucks or rabbits, but this doesn't seem to happen ever time, so I think there are other things that animals might prefer. The earlier you plant them, the better they seem to do -- sow as soon as the soil can be worked. As long as the summer isn't excessively hot (upper 80s and 90s), if you dead head them, they'll bloom quite a bit longer....See MorePoppies, Sweet Peas, and Lupine
Comments (1)Plant poppies right now. The others, sadly, forget....See MorePlantings with Sweet Pea "petite butterflies"?
Comments (1)I love my sweetpea bush. It will fill up the space by next year. In the mean time why not just plant some white bacopa. Two or three bacopas will soon cover the ground around it. I like lobelia too mixed with bacopa. Alysum smells a lot better than bacopa though. It would also be a good opportunity to place a couple of nice rocks that you like the shape of, or that mean something to you....See Moredifference between sweet pea and edible pea?
Comments (52)I've found out now as I have both growing. The pods on sweet peas are covered in downy hair and if you touch them and lock your fingers there is a bitter taste. Edible pea pods have a smooth skin and there is a flower but it's not the main event....See MoreUser
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