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perennial sweet peas

dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 201
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This will show how little knowledge I got about plants... Until july of this year I only knew about annual sweet peas even though I had perennial sweet pea in my garden for more than 25 years.I always thought it is self seeding. And I tried so many times to get rid of it. But then I recently read there is perennial sweet peas as well. As a matter of interest or curiosity I sow some seeds from my original plant in August and now I got 4 plants of about 5". And today I planted  them ground. Will they survive in winter? Cold , slugs and snails , wind it is rough ... what chances those little plants have ? 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They should. Many people find the perennial pea quite invasive. They're much tougher than the annual pea :)
    It might have been worth keeping them potted with a bit of shelter over winter, but they sound like they were decent enough sized plants, so they might be absolutely fine. 
    Wind won't affect them adversely anyway, but a continuous spell of wet/windy/cold weather may have an affect. It's difficult to be more accurate then that without seeing the site and the plants etc.
    If you're worried, you could always lift a couple and pot them up again. Hedge your bets  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 201
     @ Fairygirl, Thank you :) . All i can do is wait and see, trellis are already waiting for them to climb up.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've had trouble growing them in my flower bed, but they happily grow out of the paving slabs on the path 😐. They've done this for years so they must be pretty hardy
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I find that the key to perennial peas is to keep them well watered (hard if they self seed in a path) and to keep them fairly short. I cut them back when they reach about six ft. This encourages new growth from the basis, keep the flowers where you can see them and stops the leaves getting ratty.
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