Beautiful My mum used to always have her sweet peas in the house in summer, not show standard like yours but the smell was amazing
Tracy - As I have said previously, I rarely show SPs these days (been there done that etc) but often get involved showing or judging at a village level.
These are a sample of my cut flowers that smell every bit as good as those on the show bench.....sorry I can't get the pic below the text.
Just dug this shot out that I took ages ago. During a particularly good summer when everything went right, this was the amount I cut in one day.....sorry the pic is a tad dark in the foreground.
Edit: Tracy, those in my previous pic were the Staffordshire Collection.
So when you cut sweet peas, do they produce more flowers? As I've said before, mine have never been great so I haven't picked many but have always been wary in case I don't get more flowers I can't remember what happened with my mum's as I was too young, I just remember the smell!
So when you cut sweet peas, do they produce more flowers? As I've said before, mine have never been great so I haven't picked many but have always been wary in case I don't get more flowers I can't remember what happened with my mum's as I was too young, I just remember the smell!
It's imperative to cut them regularly, Tracy....otherwise they will go to seed, resulting in a premature end to the plants.
Many of those above probably ended-up on the compost heap.
I grow them in the veg patch and then strip every flower off every couple of days. That way it doesn't matter as to what the plant looks like. All the flowers go in vases or get given away. The more you pick, the more you get.
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Not sure, Tracy....each vase is of a single variety and submitted by an individual competitor.....they may have several entries in the same show.
I think these shots were taken at The Royal Sweet Pea Society's show at Wem in Shropshire....usually held in July.
Individual exhibits are like the above.
Beautiful
My mum used to always have her sweet peas in the house in summer, not show standard like yours but the smell was amazing 
my grandad and dad grew them up to mid 60s and displayed them in heinz salad cream bottles .
then dad got the dahlia bug
Tracy - As I have said previously, I rarely show SPs these days (been there done that etc) but often get involved showing or judging at a village level.
These are a sample of my cut flowers that smell every bit as good as those on the show bench.....sorry I can't get the pic below the text.
Gorgeous, pity smelly-vision hasn't been invented yet
Just dug this shot out that I took ages ago. During a particularly good summer when everything went right, this was the amount I cut in one day.....sorry the pic is a tad dark in the foreground.
Edit: Tracy, those in my previous pic were the Staffordshire Collection.
So when you cut sweet peas, do they produce more flowers? As I've said before, mine have never been great so I haven't picked many but have always been wary in case I don't get more flowers
I can't remember what happened with my mum's as I was too young, I just remember the smell!
It's imperative to cut them regularly, Tracy....otherwise they will go to seed, resulting in a premature end to the plants.
Many of those above probably ended-up on the compost heap.
Hmmmm......maybe David
I grow them in the veg patch and then strip every flower off every couple of days. That way it doesn't matter as to what the plant looks like. All the flowers go in vases or get given away. The more you pick, the more you get.