How to Plant Sweet Pea Seedlings
Sarah shows us how to plant her recently delivered sweet pea seedlings.
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Sweet Pea 'Blue Velvet'
The richest, most saturated, deep blue-purple with a long-flowering season and whopper stems. Good scent too. More
| 20 seeds 040063 | £1.95 |
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| 4 seedlings 510876-4 | £7.50 |
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| 8 seedlings 510876-8 | £11.50 |
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| 12 seedlings 510876-12 | £16.50 |
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Or buy this as part of our Blue Sweet Pea Collection and Aegean Summer Sweet Pea Mix.
More Details
The richest, most saturated, deep blue-purple with a long-flowering season and whopper stems. Good scent too. Scent 8/10.
| Genus | Lathyrus odoratus |
| Group/Species | Spencer |
| Variety | Blue Velvet |
| Type | Hardy Annual, Hardy Annual Climber |
| Common Name | Sweet Pea |
| Border Position | Climber |
| Soil Type | Fertile, Neutral |
| Scent | Scented |
| Site | Full Sun |
| Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
| Height | 2m (6ft 6in) |
| 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-March, 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 quite a hard seed coat so it may help to soften the seed before sowing. To do this, place the seeds on some damp kitchen paper and pop them in a warm spot. Once the seeds start to swell or sprout they are ready to sow. If the seeds don’t seem to be swelling you can try making a small nick in the seed coat (opposite the ‘eye’) as this will help moisture enter the seed and kick-start the germination process. |
| 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 | Flowers late May from autumn sowing, early summer from spring sowing. |
| 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 |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
Advice & Videos
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Delivery
Plant Delivery - When in stock, please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery.
Seeds Delivery - Following the recent relocation of our warehouse, please allow up to 5 working days for despatch.
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Sweet Pea 'Blue Velvet' reviews
Average based on 25 reviews
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Reviewed 2nd August 2019 by Kate The web-site was clear and informative about sowing the seeds and what to expect, the seeds arrived in good time and were well packaged. I sowed them into root-trainers in January and they grew into healthy seedlings, planted out in May. We had a wet, cold June but they started flowering mid-June with long stems with multiple flowers on each, a strong deep blue and strong scent. By now, the beginning of August, they are petering out with short stems, but I have had lots of bunches and am very satisfied. |
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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Rona 100% germination rate, adore the depth of colour (least scented of the 3 I grew – Blue Velvet, Painted Lady and King Edward VII). Not as floriferous as the other two but the fabulous, fabulous colour more than making up for that. Very long, straight, strong flower stems, too (as has King Edward VII). I'll be growing all 3 varieties again next year. |
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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Anne
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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Jennifer
the service was good. |
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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Jennifer The service was very good but I didn't have much success with the seeds. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Jill Super flowers. Long straight stems. Will sow next year |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Judy Gave as a present to a friend. Thye have bloomed very well |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Antonia Good deep colour, but this asking for more comments is getting annoying |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Marian
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Christine Still blooming well, very happy |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Aileen The packaging was excellent and the young plants were strong. The colour is stunning but much more purple than blue. My only criticism is that this variety doesn't produce as many flowers as I would expect. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Alison Seedlings were well packaged and took well. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Jacky Medium germination (18/26), medium flowers on medium to short stems, excellent colour. Still on the hunt for a dark blue with 'Windsor' vigour. |
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Diana
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Reviewed 18th July 2019 by Pat Lovely - germinated well (unlike Prince Edward, as reviewed elsewhere), grew superbly |
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Reviewed 28th November 2018 by Claire I fear they required more attention than I was able to give them. A useful lesson for me. |
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Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Sheena As ever excellent and have saved seeds for next year |
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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Elizabeth
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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Philomena Very happy with everything |
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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Gina 2 of them were not blue velvet, and the other 2 were average flowering 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 and have refunded you for them." Posted 7th November 2018 |
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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Stephen
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Reviewed 12th September 2018 by Isabel
Super - grew beautifully with lots of flowers. |
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Reviewed 6th September 2018 by Helene The plants grew very well and the flowers were handsome. |
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Reviewed 25th November 2017 by Pat Johnson Fabulous sweet pea - vigorous, lovely scent, gorgeous colour. (And despite inevitable powdery mildew later in the season in our garden, still flowering in October!) |
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Reviewed 14th July 2016 by Jackie Davis I sowed these in root trainers in February and then planted them out in May. They have been gorgeous. A beautiful deep colour and a lovely scent. I have been picking them for weeks. I think the key to success has been very rich, manured soil and plenty of rain which we have had for months! Highly recommended. |
