• 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 ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...

Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

These ideas were gleaned from several sources about what we should be doing in the garden now. This first item is from the Gardeners Club newsletter “Into the Garden”, edited by long-time member Lise ...

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 ...

For many years sweet pea growers described the attractive, fragrant flower as difficult to grow because it did not tolerate extremes of hot weather or cold weather. I don’t know if climate change is ...

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 ...

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In summer, dusty Washington roadsides are often brightened with rosy sweet peas. A reader wants to know if the roadside sweet peas are garden escapees, and if they’d have stronger scent if grown in ...