Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Sweet peas are easy-to-grow, hardy annuals. If you live in USDA Zone 7 or warmer, plant them outdoors in late fall. Elsewhere, plant them from late winter to very early spring. The seedlings can ...

No summer garden is complete without sweet peas. With super-abundant, delicate flowers with a heavenly perfume, they are addictive to grow, not least for their cut-flower potential, filling our homes ...

Native to the eastern Mediterranean region, sweet peas were first introduced to gardens in the 17 th Century. Over time, breeders have developed various cultivars and colour strains. Some focus on the ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

CORVALLIS – Sweet peas are a classic flower in English gardens since they were introduced in the 17th century from southern Italy and have transplanted well to all parts of the world, including ...

Today's sweet peas just don't have the heavenly fragrance of yesteryear. But classic varieties do still exist - you just have to know where to look, says Monty Don. A couple of years ago a sweet pea ...