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 ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Do you love the smell and beautiful pastel colors of sweet peas in early spring? You can grow them yourself if you get started now. Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) require full sun, fertile soil and ...

Each day as I enjoyed the small bouquet on the kitchen table, I grew more and more determined that I would ask Davis how he grew them. As it turns out, he has been growing sweet peas (or has been ...

Sweet peas are amongst the most adored garden blooms. Floriferous, gloriously fragrant and available in a dazzling array of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...

You might say daughter-in-law Dawn Meredith Peck has the uncommon sense in this family. Or, at least, an uncommon sense of scent, a pursuit of floral fragrance which has driven her to write three ...

Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...