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What type of support do sweet peas require?

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I grow them up obelisks,the stems are big,so are the flowers, unfortunately I don't have any pictures from last year.  Canes wouldn't be sturdy enough for the perennials.if you or anyone you know is any good at DIY, the ones my hubby made are a good bet, although I am a sucker for s bit of rusty metal. Trouble with buying cheap obelisks is they will snap one day under the weight, unfortunately.usuallly when planted up!
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    You could maybe plant the Lathyrus next to the tree, if you can find a suitable spot, and then train it towards the trunks. Filling the centre with soil is just inviting rot and you might end up losing your tree.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Let's have a picture of the tree,I was thinking about planting climbing scented roses up our fruit trees
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    @Buttercupdays
    Fair point about soil inviting rot. I certainly don't want to lose the tree-it's a bit unique to me.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    @Nanny Beach,
    I'll go and get a pic or two now.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    This is the tree I mentioned
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    That's really nice,I love a 🌲
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Ours are in one area and they do take over the space and as others had said there is no scent.
    We are always pulling them up and making sure that we take out the seed pods before they can spread, but they still survive.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    No don’t put soil there ... you’ll damage the tree. It looks as if it was cut back hard / coppiced years ago and it threw up several shoots/rods which are now the size of trees ... but they all come from that bole at the base which will suffer if covered with soil. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited May 2021
    I just make a wigwam with some bamboo poles from the excess bamboo I cut out each year in my garden. See image below. These are annuals so not sure if such thin bamboo poles would do for perennials.

    Please Ignore the uncut grass and the bed which has recently been turned over waiting for warmer weather to plant out the bedding plants. The garden looks more like a waste tip than a garden at the moment lol...


    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

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