
Bush Sweet Peas
Explorer
With early blooming flowers and the most beautiful color range, our Explorer is the best short, non-climbing sw...
With early blooming flowers and the most beautiful color range, our Explorer is the best short, non-climbing sweet pea, perfect for beds and borders. The bushy 2 1/2 foot plants soon bear beguiling, dainty winged blossoms with exquisite honeyed fragrance in entrancing rich hues of deep rose, lavender, salmon, mid-blue, rose crimson, pink, scarlet and white. Flower stems are long enough to cut for long lasting perfumed bouquets.
ANNUAL
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 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, seeds can be planted in fall to form strong root systems, then overwinter to bloom strongly in spring. Plant seeds 1 inch deep and 2 to 3 inches apart. Erect short supports at planting time. When seedlings are 2 inches tall, thin to 4 to 5 inches apart, to allow plants room to mature.
THIN OR TRANSPLANT
Space seedlings 4 to 5 inches apart when they are 2 inches tall, allowing room for plants 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, these short vines will thrive and bloom longer in a spot with some afternoon shade.
Cold Winters |
Mild Winters |
Sun/Shade |
Sow Seeds |
Days To Germinate |
Mature Height |
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March – April
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Sept. – March
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Full sun
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2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep |
12 – 28 days
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2 1/2 feet
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Cold Winters |
Mild Winters |
Sun/Shade |
Sow Seeds |
Days To Germinate |
Mature Height |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March – April
|
Sept. – March
|
Full sun
|
2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep |
12 – 28 days
|
2 1/2 feet
|
Cold Winters
March – April
|
Mild Winters
Sept. – March
|
Sun/Shade
Full sun
|
Sow Seeds
2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep |
Days To Germinate
12 – 28 days
|
Mature Height
2 1/2 feet
|
From Our Gardening Resources
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Sowing Seeds Directly into the Garden
Starting Early Indoors And Transplanting
Growing Sweet Peas in the Midwest
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Videos
Growing Fabulous Fragrant Sweet Peas
Growing Great Scented Sweet Peas II
How to Start and Grow Sweet Peas
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From Our Gardening Resources
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Articles
Sowing Seeds Directly into the Garden
Starting Early Indoors And Transplanting
Growing Sweet Peas in the Midwest
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RIGHT COLUMN CONTENT BELOW HERE
Videos
Growing Fabulous Fragrant Sweet Peas
Growing Great Scented Sweet Peas II
How to Start and Grow Sweet Peas
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