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Quick Info

Cold Winters

March – April

Mild Winter

September – March

Sun/Shade

Full sun or
part-day shade

Sow Seeds

2-3 inches apart
1 inch deep

Days To Germinate

12 – 28 days

Mature Height

6 – 8 feet

Antique Sweet Peas

Jewels of Albion

Jewels of Albion

(Lathyrus odoratus)

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Quick Info

Cold Winters

March – April

Mild Winter

September – March

Sun/Shade

Full sun or
part-day shade

Sow Seeds

2-3 inches apart
1 inch deep

Days To Germinate

12 – 28 days

Mature Height

6 – 8 feet
EXCLUSIVE - Our custom blended color palette of especially fragrant antique varieties offers both beautiful cool shades and plants with significantly more heat tolerance than other sweet pea varieties. You’ll have a succession in bloom with “Flora Norton” (pastel blue), “Lord Nelson” (deep blue), “Mrs. Collier” (creamy-white), “Lady Grisel Hamilton” (pastel lavender) and “Captain of the Blues” (mauve-blue). This lovely perfumed mix blooms on strong climbing vines that easily cover a trellis or fence.

Seed Count: Approx. 29-31 / Weight: 2 g

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Quick Info

Cold Winters

March – April

Mild Winter

September – March

Sun/Shade

Full sun or
part-day shade

Sow Seeds

2-3 inches apart
1 inch deep

Days To Germinate

12 – 28 days

Mature Height

6 – 8 feet

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GROWING INSTRUCTIONS

ANNUAL CLIMBING VINE

Spring/summer bloom
Frost tolerant

EASIEST TO START OUTDOORS

Sweet peas must have well drained soil, so dig deeply and enrich with aged manure or compost before sowing seeds. Erect a well-anchored trellis, vertical netting or other support for vines before planting. Sow seeds in full sun in cool early spring weather as early as the ground can be worked. In mild winter areas, where the ground does not freeze, plant in fall after Labor Day; seeds will germinate and form strong root systems, then overwinter to bloom strongly in spring. Plant sweet pea seeds 1 inch deep and 2 to 3 inches apart. When seedlings are 2 inches tall, thin them 4 to 5 inches apart, to allow plants room to mature.

GROWING NOTES

Sweet peas bloom best before the weather gets too hot, so if spring planting, sow as soon as ground can be worked. Where summer heat comes on fast, they’ll appreciate a spot with afternoon shade. Anchor supports well as vines will grow heavy with bloom. Protect seedlings from birds, slugs and snails. Mulch and keep well watered. For longest bloom, pick flowers often and keep faded blossoms cut.
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Janet S. (United States)

For beauty, for fragrance, these are first rate. I grew them last winter in order to hide veggies from the multiple animals that think my garden is a buffet.
In addition to gardening in my own back yard, I volunteer in schools, teaching gardening, including nursery schools with very young children. It would be wise of you to add a notice on your website and on the packet to let people know that these aromatic and colorful peas can be toxic if eaten. I would not allow them near preschoolers or their teachers who may not know much about the toxicity of some plants.

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