Category: Sweet Peas

  • How to grow sweet peas

    How to grow sweet peas

    Are you looking for a way to add some life and colour to your garden? Sweet peas are the perfect flowering plant to do just that. Not only do they look beautiful, but they are also easy to grow! In this article, we’ll show you how to get started growing these delightful flowers. From soil…

  • Pinching Out The Sweet Peas

    After a few weeks of waiting, my patience has been rewarded: the sweet pea seedlings have arrived. Nine Royal Mixed and seven Cupani plants are already sprouting – their leaves unfurling like tiny green flags in celebration! With luck, more may join them soon; however I’m sure these eager Royal Mixtures will keep on growing…

  • Sweet Peas Success

    Sweet peas are flourishing on windowsills across the land, but it’s time to put an end to their growth spurt. At any moment, one will have to confront these green giants and wield a sharp knife in order for them not go overboard! I’m a bit of an oddity in the garden world- I do…

  • A sweet feast goes sour

    I returned home this afternoon from a day in Leicestershire to find my garden had once again been scorched by the sun and was desperate for nourishment. Amidst its weakened plants, such as my Parsley Japanese ‘Cryptotaenia Japonica’, I noticed an unwelcome pest – hordes of aphids had taken residence on my Sweet Pea ‘Cupani.’…