I started my sweet peas in pots and transplanted them shortly after they had their true leaves. They transplanted well but stalled for a bit and are now just taking off. I still have a batch of others in pots that were planted the same time and still waiting to be transplanted. They are far more healthy looking and bushier than the ones I transplanted. Perhaps because they have been babied. Just take care when transplanting and if you have slugs in your area protect your transplants as soon as they're in their new spot. Keeping them in the whiskey barrel and adding something for them to climb would probably be the best idea. Why risk losing them at this point. Start another batch and put them where you want them. You'll have blossoms a little later to enjoy.

Vina.. few things on your list interest me. (perennial Sweet peas, Clematis: Arctic Queen and few others) don't have the time to go through the list right now. (at work) can you save a spot for me to trade with you. I'll look at your want list again later and let you know what I have to offer. just by glancing at it I think I have rose of sharon, daisies.. will let you know tonight.

I have grown perennial sweet pea for years, and oh my god does it have a tap root! Hard, woody, like a tree and impossible to dig out fully. My plants are very old, but even younger ones are taprooted. Not only that, the stuff reseeds everywhere and if you don't get it while it is very young, it is going to be there until you blast it out. Very invasive stuff. Maybe what you folks have is some kind of new cultivar, but trust me, the old fashioned variety that was around when your grandmother was young, does have a taproot! And it has no scent, either. Some of my plants are at least 65 yrs old, they have been growing on the same wire fence since my house was built. Both the pink and white varieties. Sandy

I planted them out April 22nd, so I probably WS'ed them a week or two earlier. I remember that they germinated so fast. We had a cold wet spring here, but they seemed to grow fine. I noticed other people (I garden in a community garden) have them and they are way taller than mine, they are on a trellis about 10 feet high. Mine are from 2-3 feet high. But even theirs - no flowers! strange. Full sun. Clay soil which was amended with some compost. ellen