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Sweet Pea varieties include dwarf bushy as well as climbing varieties. All are very fragrant. "Super Snoop" Sweet Pea is a bushy variety, with bright colored beautiful fragrant flowers. They are early blooming, require no staking and are heat resistant.
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"Flowers leave some fragrance on the hand that bestows them."
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Tips for Growing Sweetpeas:
- Sweet Peas are easy to grow from seed and are one of the most fragrant & colorful plants available. They prefer rich, moist soil. Soak the seeds before planting for faster germination.
- Sweet Peas will do best if planted in the area they will remain. They don't transplant well.
- Although Sweet Peas smell lovely, they are not edible. All parts of the sweet pea are poisonous.
- Sweet Pea are sometimes affected by Fusaruim wilt. They will turn yellow at the base of the stem and flowers wilt, wither then die. There is no cure for this. Remove and destroy affected plants and do not use the seeds for replanting.
- Slugs and snails also love sweet peas. If you find these pests visiting your garden, offer them a beer. They will be so guilt ridden for having destroyed your beautiful plants that they will drown in their sorrows.
- If sweet peas are planted near snap beans they will attract pollinating insects and your beans will flourish.
- Sweet Peas are great for both their outdoor beauty and for indoor floral arrangements. If you pick the flowers often they will produce more blooms and will continue to produce flowers for a longer period of time.
- Picking or pinching back sweet peas not only will help produce more blooms but will also help get rid of any aphid colonies that are begining to establish a presence.
- If planted at the base of a lilac they will begin flowering shortly after the lilac has finished to add more color. Use a climbing variety for this purpose.
- Save your seeds for planting next year if your sweet peas have not come into contact with any disease. Be sure not to confuse the seeds with regular garden peas, as they are poisonous.
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Adam to Eve: "I'll wear the plants in this family! "
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Sweetpea is the flower for the month of April
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