Old Spice Mix Sweet Pea

Fill your home with color and fragrance with this gorgeous heirloom mix. The fragrance seems to be more powerful than that of Knee High Fragrant Mix. Includes stunning dark rich single and bicolors that I had never seen before in sweet peas. One bicolor was a rich lavender hood with a deep wine lower lip. Three-foot plants with 8 inch long stems make this a great bloom to display in the house. Sweet peas are not edible, all parts are poisonous.

20 seeds

PLANTING

Lathyrus odoratus

Annual

Germination: 7-14 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 55-65ºF, soaking seeds overnight aid the germination

Seed Planting Depth: Sow ½” deep

Starting Indoors: Start indoors 6-8 weeks before transplanting outdoors in early to mid-spring. Provide 65-75ºF soil temperatures until germination. Transplant 4-6” apart. 

Sowing Outdoors: Direct sow outdoors in early spring 

Growth Habit: Vining, climbing

Height and Width: 3-4’

Spacing: 4-6” apart

Light Needs: Full sun

Soil Needs: Fertile, moist but well-drained

Approximate days to flower from seed: Blooms in 75-85 days

Uses: Cut flowers, containers, grow on fences, walls, trellises, and arbors, attracts bees, butterflies, and  hummingbirds

Care:  Grows best in cool mild climates, mulching helps keep roots cool and moist. Pinch to encourage branching, harvest often to encourage more flowers. Amend the soil with compost before transplanting. Apply a liquid fertilizer every 3-4 weeks