Garden Sweet Pea

Start sweet peas in cowpots.

Garden sweet pea. How to grow sweet peas at home. Plant sweet pea seeds in autumn or spring. When plants are 10cm tall pinch out the tips to encourage bushy growth. Sweet peas are one of the april birth flowers.

Most varieties have tendrils that will self cling to supports but some sweet peas will need tying in. Plant out in mid spring and keep well watered. A good project for kids. This is when their scent is the sweetest.

Sow as many sweet pea seeds as you can and you won t regret it. Peas contain 18 essential vitamins and nutrients a powerhouse of health. The colorful and fragrant sweet pea is a favorite in cottage gardens and other informal garden styles. Sweet pea seeds are about 1 8 so they re especially easy to plant.

With 20 30 more sugars than other pea varieties garden sweet is a ready made dish that needs little preparation from the garden to the plate. Buy sweet pea seed and learn how to grow sweet pea flowers from in depth instructions. Sweet peas belong to the genus lathyrus. The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the fabaceae such as the pigeon pea cajanus cajan the cowpea vigna.

Plump juicy peas taste like little pearls of sugar. The biodegradable pots can be put right into the ground reducing transplant stress. The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed pod of the pod fruit pisum sativum each pod contains several peas which can be green or yellow. Try fresh in soups or steamed or store for winter use by drying of freezing.

It is most often seen trained up bamboo stakes or structures but can also be left to form mounds or planted in containers where it spills over the sides. They will fill your life with a myriad of colors and sweet scent. Gather the flowers in the morning when the dew is still on them. Botanically pea pods are fruit since they contain seeds and develop from the ovary of a pea flower.