Yes, you can still plant your sweet peas now, you just won't have as full a display as you would if you planted in the fall :-) You're in my zone, and it probably will not get too hot for your sweet peas. One of the best places to buy them is Renee's Garden. She has lots of great info about sweet peas and no, don't think you need heat tolerant varieties unless you're over 100 consistently in the summer. If you're concerned, try to plant them where they'll get bright shade in the heat of the afternoon. And, snails absolutely love the little sprouts, as do the birds, so try to protect them as they start to emerge. Patty S. Here is a link that might be useful: All About Sweet Peas - Renee's Garden

Thank you Tom, for responding! I'll skip the beans then and just go with the sugar snaps. Your bean pods look gorgeous, almost too pretty to eat ;) I ordered sugar snaps, sugar lace II and super sugar snaps from park seed as I couldn't find them locally at the big box stores and had a 10 dollar gift certificate, also got some Swiss chard, bright lights and a packet of Hestia beans and some chocolate cherry seeds, I did grow the cheery tomatoes last year and fell in love with them. This year I'm growing 10 plants of all different kinds, I don't care if I have big yields or not, just playing while I'm learning and I get to try different varieties to keep growing again if I like something a lot. I do grow micro salad greens and love them. I've learned to stagger them by 1 or 2 week intervals to always have enough every day. For spring I am clearing a 25 by 16 area that gets full sun and hope to grow tomatoes, snaps, beans and a few other things. My tomatoes I've learned to grow in containers only but hope the peas and beans and other veggies can go in the ground. I should be ready to turn in compost, potting soil from repotted plants in that area, cover with black plastic until I'm ready to actually plant. Nice weather for 6 months to do a lot!

I've planted lots of sweet pea seeds and gotten a very small percentage that came up and grew. One year I planted them indoors in peat pots under lights and got no germination then put the peat pots out on the porch where they were in sunlight and some sprouted. Go figure. I did get good germination out of one of the very short non-vining ones. Once I grew T & M's Navy Blue and the one or two that grew were fabulous and fragrant.

Hi Lisa, It is never too late to plant greens, you should plant some every 2 weeks all summer so you always have a fresh supply coming on. Since you are putting them in containers, move them into shade to protect them from the afternoon sun during the hottest part of the day, or put them in a place they will get dappled sun, and make sure they get plenty of water. Peas do like it cool, but again if you can get the out of the sun during the hottest parts of the day you might be able to get them to produce. -Rosalinda