Nostalgic and timeless, the first blooms of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) are a springtime treat. Bearing a heavenly floral scent and coming in every color except yellow, it’s easy to see why ...

Heirloom sweet pea varieties typically offer the strongest fragrance, but compared to modern introductions their flowers are smaller, their stems shorter. Newer Spencer varieties have been bred for ...

Choice, choices and more choices. Such is the pleasant situation gardeners encounter as they prepare to grow an old time favorite, the sweet pea. It's not as crazy as it seems to think about sweet ...

Sweet peas may be small-ish in size — compared to the roses and dahlias and other big-headed blossoms, that is — but they go huge, really huge, in the fancily frilly department. Stream Los Angeles ...

Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a colorful and fragrant climbing plant popular in cottage gardens for its ease of growth and charming appearance. Native to the Mediterranean, these full-sun plants ...

With their delicious perfume and myriad of candy-like hues, sweet peas are undeniably one of the best early-summer bloomers. To grow them in your garden, you can either sow some seeds (a wider range ...

Cool nights and cool days bring out both the colors and the fragrances of sweat pea flowers. With all my talk about global warming and impacts on how we garden, it’s obvious we should break from the ...

Sweet peas are among the most enjoyable annual flowers of summer. But not too many gardeners grow them. Perhaps because folks think they are difficult to grow. They aren't, but they don't appreciate ...

Cool nights and cool days bring out both the colors and the fragrances of sweat pea flowers. With all my talk about global warming and impacts on how we garden, it’s obvious we should break from the ...