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Buy the Venetian & Harlequin Sweet Pea Collections together.

This collection contains 12 seedlings each of:

Genus Lathyrus
Group/Species odoratus
Type Hardy Annual, Hardy Annual Climber
Common Name Sweet Pea
Border Position Cutting Garden, On a Climbing Support
Soil Type Broad Tolerance
Scent Scented
Site Full Sun
Moisture Moist but Well-drained
Height 1.8m (6ft)
Spacing Plant out, 2 plants to a vertical support, 15cm (6in) apart in a mild spell in March-May.
Sowing, Seeds, Planting Sow October-December or January-April, 2 seeds into 1 rootrainer. When roots fill container, pot on 2 seedlings together into a 1 litre pot. Pinch out tips when plants have 4 pairs of leaves. If autumn sown, overwinter in a light, cool place. Sweet peas often have a hard seed coat so it may help to soften the seed before sowing. Do this by placing seeds on damp kitchen paper and putting somewhere warm until seeds swell or sprout. You can also make a small nick in the seed coat to help moisture enter the seed before sowing.
Care Tips Remove the climbing tendrils as they grow. Tie the stem into your framework on a regular basis. Can be grown in deep container pots up a climbing frame. Find out how to cordon train your sweet pea in Sarah's how-to guide.
Flowering June - September
Vase Life 4-5 days. Avoid direct sunlight and heat. This has a beautiful scent.
Harvesting Keep picking as often as you can.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
  • Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
  • Flowers/Harvest
Advice & Videos
How to sow sweet peas in winter

Sarah shows you how to sow sweet pea seeds in the winter for more productive plants in the summer months.

How to Plant Sweet Pea Seedlings

Sarah shows us how to plant her recently delivered sweet pea seedlings.

Sweet peas at Perch Hill

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How to grow sweet peas from seed

Find the best method of growing sweet peas from seed for strong, productive plants.

How to cordon train your sweet peas

Discover how to cordon train your sweet peas for magnificent plants.

The sweet pea story

 Find out the fascinating story behind the sweet pea.

How to tie in your sweet peas

In this quick video, Sarah shows you how to tie in your sweet peas for greater production and straighter, longer stems.

Why you should deadhead your sweet peas

Sarah shows you how to deadhead your sweet peas, and tells you why it's important to do so, along with her philosophy of 'the generous gardener gets...

How to make a sweet pea table centrepiece

Sarah shows us how to make a really quick and easy, colourful table centrepiece with sweet peas, something that is perfect for a summer party or...

Layering sweet peas

If you want sweet peas with spectacularly long, perfectly straight stems and lots of large flowers on each stem, it's a good idea to layer them.

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Venetian & Harlequin Sweet Peas reviews

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Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Sue

Fast service and beautifully packed

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Reviewed 20th September 2018 by Roger

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Alison

These started off very well but unfortunately the extremely hot and dry weather did them no favours. Despite lots of watering they didn’t put on as good a show as previous sweet pea purchases and curled up and died very early. I’m prepared to try again next year though on the basis that the seedlings themselves were not at fault!

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Sue

Didnt thrive. Not same quality as previous years

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for leaving your review. We are very sorry to hear of your disappointment with your Sweet Peas. Please contact our Customer Services team at info@sarahraven.com who will look in to this matter for you."

Posted 7th November 2018

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Rosalind

No problems, really lovely scent.

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Jan

Just picked the last of these amazing Sweet peas, the continuous flowering and sent have been much admired by our guests. A definite repeat for next year. Sorry no photos.

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Reviewed 12th September 2018 by Louisa

Your plants are always good. Have had sweet peas from you since about 2008, and they've always been gorgeous - even when forgotten about for a couple of days! So - Thank you very much. Shall be ordering my tulips any time now too.

Best ever!!

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Reviewed 18th November 2014 by Mrs Jean Bowen

I have always grown sweet peas, usually from seed, but last year found Sarahs selection of the above in the Telegraph.WOW!!! I have never had such a lovely selection and quality of sweet peas ever, the scent is divine, and they are so easy to grow. I shall definitely be ordering them again for 2015. Well done!

Absolutely stunning!

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Reviewed 17th November 2014 by Carolyn White

I bought this dual collection for my niece's birthday in Feb 2014. Strong plants, well packaged arrived amidst weather too wet to plant out, so they were kept under cover till April when they were planted to grow up two wigwams. Well, what a show they became, with my niece picking up to 3 bunches a day every other day and yes, you are reading right. And she's a novice gardener too. A must for colour and scent too.

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