These scented flowers are both blue and pink, and attractive to bees. Climbs to 1.8m tall in full sun or partial shade and a moist but well-drained soil. Flowers from May to September.
Keep picking the flowers, or remove the dead flower heads before they produce seed pods, to keep new flowers coming.
These sweet peas require a structure to climb up, e.g. a trellis, fence, hemp netting, or similar. We grow ours up an old tree.
Sweet Pea / Lathyrus odoratus 'Erewhon'
Position: Flower border / Container (needs a trellis or similar to climb)
Flowering months: May_/ Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep
Light: Full sun / Mix of sun and shade / Dappled shade
Soil: Clay / Loam / Sand
Tested in our local soil (t.i.o.l.s.): Yes
Drainage: Moist but well-drained
Life cycle: Annual (flowers in its first year and then dies)
Hardiness: Half hardy (will survive a light, late frost)
Fully hardened off, autumn-sown plants are supplied in 16oz pots in early to mid spring. Each pot contains two sweet peas, which can be treated as one plant.
