Onyx Sweet Pea Mix Seeds starting at £3.50

The darkest, richest, highly-scented mix of sweet peas, with the stippled 'Lilac Ripple' to add a bit of brightness.

This exclusive mix includes:

Lathyrus 'Almost Black'
Lathyrus 'Lilac Ripple'
Lathyrus 'Windsor'

Over the last 15 years we've trialled almost 100 different varieties of sweet peas, looking for delicious scent as our number one requirement. These are the very best varieties, pinched out for strong, long-flowering and highly productive plants.

No garden is complete without sweet peas. Grow them over arches, teepees and trellis and plant them with your runner beans to draw lots of insect pollinators into your veg patch.

We sow our highly-scented, old-fashioned sweet pea seeds in the winter, as well as in the spring, so that you will have excellent productive plants throughout the summer.

Genus	Lathyrus odoratus
Type	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	2 metres (6ft)
Spacing	Plant out, 2 plants to a vertical, 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.
Care Tips	Remove the climbing tendrils as they grow. Tie the stem into your framework on a regular basis. These grow well in container pots up a climbing frame.
Flowering	May - August (winter-sown), or June-September (spring-sown), 12-14 weeks from spring sowing of seed.
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

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What a show!

Reviewed 4th July 2014 by Carolyn White

I bought this collection of plants for my goddaughter's birthday this year. She is picking bunch after bunch for herself and to give away. She sent me a photo and I can only say Wow!

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