Quick facts
- Excellent cut flower
- Nitrogen fixer
- Frost tolerant flower
Lathyrus odoratus
Sweet Pea, Climbing, Mixed colors. We love sweet peas! Vigorous climbers, this mix reaches 5-6' tall and must have a trellis. Flowers over a very long period of time, through the early fall frosts. This makes a great addition to cut-flower bunches.
As members of the legume familiy fabacea, sweet peas are nitrogen fixers. This means they partner with nitrogen fixing bacteria at the soil/root level to harvest atmospheric nitrogen, turning it into a plant-available nitrogen. Nitrogen is necessary for the leafy green growth of plants.
*NOTE- ALL PARTS OF THIS PLANT ARE TOXIC TO ANIMALS AND PEOPLE. PLEASE TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS WITH CHILDREN, PETS, AND LIVESTOCK.
How to grow it:
|
Germ Temp |
Indoor Start |
Germ Days |
Frost Tolerant |
Sun |
Seed Depth |
Plant/Row Spacing |
|
65-75 |
Not rec. |
14-25 d. |
Yes |
Full to part shade |
1” |
6”/8” |
Plant in early spring when soil temperatures reach 65 degrees near a trellis. Soaking seeds for 12-24 hours prior to planting to hasten germination- which is quite reliable but slow and can take up to 3 weeks.
Seed specs: 2 g, ~ 40 seeds