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    Sweet peas for colour

    Mar 01, 2022 5 minutes

    AS well as filling the air with perfume, many sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) inject the garden with colour throughout summer. Snipping a bunch every few days to enjoy fresh flowers in the house is one of the joys of summer and ensures that the plants continue to bloom for months. To look forward to this, these annual climbers should be sown now.

    “You can sow sweet peas direct into the ground in spring,” says supplier Roger Parsons, who holds the National Collection of Lathyrus, “but they are vulnerable to slugs and birds, so I prefer to start them in a cold glasshouse or coldframe. Avoid giving them extra heat. If they’re on a windowsill with limited sunlight, move them to a sunny spot outdoors as soon

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