• 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 ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...

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 ...

These ideas were gleaned from several sources about what we should be doing in the garden now. This first item is from the Gardeners Club newsletter “Into the Garden”, edited by long-time member Lise ...

For many years sweet pea growers described the attractive, fragrant flower as difficult to grow because it did not tolerate extremes of hot weather or cold weather. I don’t know if climate change is ...

See how a snap pea plant growing from a seed to harvesting pods in this 60 days time-lapse. The pea seed was sowed in a pot with potting mix soil. The seedling emerged within the first week. The plant ...

In summer, dusty Washington roadsides are often brightened with rosy sweet peas. A reader wants to know if the roadside sweet peas are garden escapees, and if they’d have stronger scent if grown in ...