Native to Italy, the wild form has been much improved over time by gardeners. It is a vigorous, climbing annual grown for its abundant, sweetly scented flowers. Lathyrus odoratus was one of the plants used by Gregor Mendel in his hybridizing experiments that laid the foundations for the science of genetics.
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Few flowers have the immediate charm and old-time appeal of these graceful Old Spice Sweet Pea Mix blooms. Gentle, glowing lavenders, blues, pinks, reds, salmons and whites with a heady fragrance. Bloom time is spring, early summer. ...no flower except the rose can compare... (Storrs & Harrison, 1898). Approx 50 seeds per pack
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Knee High Sweet Pea Mix is a bushy semi-dwarf (24-30 in. high) sweet pea strain that flowers heavily with very fragrant flowers in a wide range of attractive colors from white through red to blue. All of the wonderful beauty and scent of heirloom sweet peas, with shorter vines that lend themselves well for borders.
Heavy-blooming plants can be planted in bunches without support or trained on low trellises. They also work well among low shrubs and are excellent in containers, hanging baskets or window boxes.
Annual
Approx 35 seeds per pack
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Sweet Pea Royal Family Mix has very large, ruffled, fragrant flowers with long stems (4-5ft) and blooms of purple, crimson, lavender, mid-blue, navy blue, rose pink, salmon pink, scarlet, and white. Flowers attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.
Vigorous vines are both easy to grow and train to a trellis. Excellent for cut flowers. Can bloom all summer long, prefers full sunny locations, needs adequate moisture. Removing spent blooms and stalks prolongs the blooming season.
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