Description
The colorful and fragrant ornamental sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a favorite plant for informal cottage gardens and is easy to grow. These Mediterranean natives are full-sun plants that thrive best in moist, rich, slightly alkaline soil during the growing season, often benefitting from bone or blood meal amendments for flowering. These climbing plants are most often seen trained up trellises or fences or spilling over the sides of pots. Despite having "pea" in their name, they are not edible and are toxic to humans and pets.
How to grow Pea Flowers
Plant sweet peas in the late winter and early spring. Sow three seeds together about a foot between groups of seeds. Plant sweet pea seeds about 1 inch down in the soil. Work compost into the soil about six weeks before planting the seeds for better blooms. Compost will also improve poor soil.
Sweet peas prefer rich but well-drained soil. A slightly alkaline soil pH (about 7.5) is ideal.
How to care for Pea Flowers
Here are the main care requirements for growing sweet pea plants:
Plant your sweet peas in late winter or early spring in a spot that receives full sun.
Sow two to three seeds together, about 1 inch deep in compost-enriched, well-draining, moist, slightly alkaline soil.
Keep the soil moist (not soggy); water if the soil feels dry.
Give more phosphorus- or potassium-heavy fertilizer instead of nitrogen to encourage more blooms.
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