- This free flowering sweet pea will scramble and clothe fences, and scramble through shrubs flowering year after year.
What you need to know:
- 1 x Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Perennial Everlasting Mixed Seeds
- Sow: March to June
- Flowering: May to July
- Indoors Sowing Guide: Sow indoors for surest results, 1.5cm (1/2") deep in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a cool windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm (3") pots. (Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 45cm (18") apart, when frosts are over. Support plants.
- Outdoors Sowing Guide: Sow outdoors thinly in a seed bed, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Protect young seedlings from birds. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn.
- Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
- Position: Full sun
- Hints & Tips: A good choice for cottage gardens where it can scramble through established shrubs or over walls and fences.
- Approximate Maximum Height: 180cm
- Approximate Maximum Spread: 120cm
- Flower Colour: Mixed
- Hardiness & Longevity: Hardy Perennial
- Pack Size: 20 Seeds
