Swan Lake has lovely pure white blooms with gently ruffled petal edges that dance in the breeze. Enjoy their splendour and scent as your only sweet pea or use as contrast to a bold colour such as Beaujolais, Burnished Bronze or Henry Eckford. Height to 180cm
Price for 15 seeds
What do I grow sweet peas in?
It has always been said that sweet peas need deep pots, root trainers are a brand that has been touted as ideal but they are expensive and even being very careful they can break. The reason for deep pots is that sweet peas do not like their roots being disturbed – they are fragile and break easily. Planting them in situ in September or the spring is always a choice but if no plants come up it is more than likely that mice have found them and had a feast. Garden centres are increasingly selling young sweet pea plants in shorter pots… but they cram in lots of seeds so when planting out the roots get damaged by being pulled apart. 3 seeds in a 9cm pot is sufficient and they can be planted out as a clump together without separating.
The best method, and most economical, is to go ‘old school’ and utilise loo roll tubes. Stand each loo roll tube in an old jam jar or tin can, fill the tube with compost (press down lightly to firm) and pop in 1 seed at 10-20mm depth and cover. Sweet peas can send out roots at the bottom of pots, by putting each tube in its own jar or tin these roots cannot tangle up with one another and planting out is simply a case of making a hole and putting the tube in - the cardboard will breakdown over time.
Recycling, composting and saving money all rolled up in one neat solution and your reward - some of the best flowers you can possibly grow and enjoy.
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