Q: When is the best time to plant sweet peas? What variety would you recommend? – Steve Conway, Modesto A: Sweet pea, Lathyrus, odoratus, with a wonderful fragrance, is an annual and the perennial ...

Understanding the Context

Get a head start on spring by planting the spring vetchling (Lathyrus vernus). This perennial is a relative of the annual sweet pea, but the spring vetchling comes back each year, and it doesn't climb ... I have a perennial sweet pea on my balcony – it’s in a pot and in a sunny spot with sun from 4pm onwards. I have got some blooms from it this summer.

Key Insights

However, the bottom of the plant looks very ... Now if there were a perennial sweet pea, one that would come up year after year with no effort, wouldn't that be perfect? Of course, there are perennial flowering peas, known as everlasting peas. But ... Question: Can I still plant sweet peas this late in the year?

Final Thoughts

What variety would you recommend? – Steve Conway, Modesto Answer: In most areas, you can plant sweet peas until June. Sweet pea, Lathyrus ... MSN: Autumn sowing annual Sweet Pea and perennial Everlasting Pea for spring flowers And did you know that there’s a close relative of Sweet Pea that unlike its annual cousin returns bigger and bolder year after year? The Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) looks and behaves very ... Autumn sowing annual Sweet Pea and perennial Everlasting Pea for spring flowers