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.

Hello Just kind of looking out there. Does anyone have a pure yellow sweet pea vine. Carol Z5N

My sweet peas are doing the same here in Zone 4. Interestingly I am still holding some of the seedlings in an unheated greenhouse and they are looking much better. The bunch I planted out and the bunch still in containers in the greenhouse were from the same seed stock and sown the same day. The outdoor planted seedlings(May2nd) are pale and stunted in comparison. All plants(indoors & out) have been pinched off about the same time and the ones out are not branching nearly as fast nor as much as the ones still in containers. Perhaps the cool spring and fluctuating temps are the reason. It's certainly not too much water as we've had very little precipitation. I'm not sure myself and was thinking to side dress with some manure or some thing. I'm amazed at the growth of the ones in containers but afraid to transplant them out for fear of seeing poor results. Good luck with yours & I sure hope they bounce back for you. BTW your plants look far more rigorous than mine right now. Keep us posted.

I planted a couple of rows of peas yesterday and had every intention of planting another 4 rows today. Unfortunately, it's raining. This is the earliest I have ever planted them, but I know they will be fine. I had a horticulturist tell me many years ago that peas could be planted in Edmonton by mid April in any year and last year, in my MG course, we discussed this, too. Our instructor said much the same thing. You shouldn't have any problems with them, Michele. Normally, my sweet peas are the first seeds that I plant. I haven't got all of mine in yet, but I did seed a basket full of a compact variety. Shauna