I use sweet peas as a cut flower, picking all the blooms and bringing them indoors where we can enjoy the scent. That way none set seed and they keep blooming.
They will stop blooming once each plant has set seed.
Hope that's helpful
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm hoping to plant some sweet pea soon and I'm thinking of having a go at training them round an obelisk. It might not work and I might get fed up half way through but I know uncle used to do a thing with cordons where you could layer them around cane. That might be worth checking out as it would deal with the height problem without having to chop bits off. See what David thinks. He is indeed the Guru.
Yes - you can train them round a support ppauper, but once they get going, you might find it tricky to keep up with them! The stems become quite brittle too, so trying to force one back into a support, even gently, can cause breakages.
Better to just have a taller obelisk
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Hi Steve and welcome
I use sweet peas as a cut flower, picking all the blooms and bringing them indoors where we can enjoy the scent. That way none set seed and they keep blooming.
They will stop blooming once each plant has set seed.
Hope that's helpful
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm hoping to plant some sweet pea soon and I'm thinking of having a go at training them round an obelisk. It might not work and I might get fed up half way through but I know uncle used to do a thing with cordons where you could layer them around cane. That might be worth checking out as it would deal with the height problem without having to chop bits off. See what David thinks. He is indeed the Guru.
Yes - you can train them round a support ppauper, but once they get going, you might find it tricky to keep up with them! The stems become quite brittle too, so trying to force one back into a support, even gently, can cause breakages.
Better to just have a taller obelisk
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The ones I've ordered only grow to 5-6' . We'll see!