I leave some flowers on the plants outside and cut some for indoors, when the flower fades you definitely need to cut them off they will have finished, when the fade that is when the flower has gone it turns to seed
If you keep cutting them they produce more flowers good to cut them when they are about to open then when in the vase or mug of water they open more and you get the nice smell if you picked fragrance ones, but if you can't - check the plants when you can and see if any have produce any seed pods and cut them off to keep the plants flowering
I use the vases that you grow bulb hyacinth in, like the height of your vase David K may look for something like that
I read last year that you can get a true blue sweet pea - lathyrus satifolia var.azureum or something like that - does anybody know where I can get some seeds of that please?
I think it would look great in my blue & white border on an obelisk.
Baza just in case you didn't know, when a sweet pea goes to seed the seed pod looks like a flat garden pea pod. Try and remove any flowers as soon as they start to drop petals don't let the pod form.
Edd I have a Baptisia Australis which a forum member gave me I believe that is of the pea family, it hasn't grown well still in a plant pot but it is still alive
baza - I normally plant mine about 5 - 6" apart and they do fine at that sort of spacing, but mine are in containers mainly. If you do the same just make sure they don't go short of water and food in the summer weather. The bottom of the plants will get a bit manky looking but that's fairly normal. If you don't like the appearance and they're in a bed/border, you can plant something in front of them to hide the scrappy foliage and disguise it. Good luck and hope you have plenty of lovely flowers to pick this year
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I'm sorry David but i'm new to this growing so i have a lot of questions he he
Do the seed pods grow shortly after they flower ?
After you cut the flowers do more flowers quickly grow in their place?
And how far apart did you say to plant them so they don't catch mildew later on in the season?
I think thats it for now he he
Thanks again
Baz
I leave some flowers on the plants outside and cut some for indoors, when the flower fades you definitely need to cut them off they will have finished, when the fade that is when the flower has gone it turns to seed
If you keep cutting them they produce more flowers good to cut them when they are about to open then when in the vase or mug of water they open more and you get the nice smell if you picked fragrance ones, but if you can't - check the plants when you can and see if any have produce any seed pods and cut them off to keep the plants flowering
I use the vases that you grow bulb hyacinth in, like the height of your vase David K may look for something like that
Thankyou for all the tips and advice i'll post some photo's later on in the season to show you how i got on.
Love this forum
Thanks Again
Baz
I read last year that you can get a true blue sweet pea - lathyrus satifolia var.azureum or something like that - does anybody know where I can get some seeds of that please?
I think it would look great in my blue & white border on an obelisk.
Many thanks
Hi, Lizzie.
Like most colours, there are many shades of blue....in fact there are several blue sweet peas.
That being said, it's yellow that has been elusive so far.
Try for 'Blue Shift'.
Hi, Charlie
August will be the ideal time for having a good display of sweet peas.
I would sow the seed around mid-March, this could normally be where they are to flower or in a cold greenhouse.
With the importance of the event in mind, maybe the latter would be preferable to minimise loss.
Baza just in case you didn't know, when a sweet pea goes to seed the seed pod looks like a flat garden pea pod. Try and remove any flowers as soon as they start to drop petals don't let the pod form.
Edd I have a Baptisia Australis which a forum member gave me I believe that is of the pea family, it hasn't grown well still in a plant pot but it is still alive
baza - I normally plant mine about 5 - 6" apart and they do fine at that sort of spacing, but mine are in containers mainly. If you do the same just make sure they don't go short of water and food in the summer weather. The bottom of the plants will get a bit manky looking but that's fairly normal. If you don't like the appearance and they're in a bed/border, you can plant something in front of them to hide the scrappy foliage and disguise it. Good luck and hope you have plenty of lovely flowers to pick this year
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...