Description
These delicate, highly fragrant blooms combine beautifully in a warm blend of salmon, peach, cream, and white. Ethereal and feminine, this is our favorite blend of soft colors. Designers delight over these darlings for wedding work. Hand selected to create foolproof bouquets, this collection contains detailed growing instructions and one packet of each of:
‘Jilly’
‘White Frills’
‘Valerie Harrod’
‘Nora Holman’
‘Lizbeth’
This collection includes enough seed to plant a 15-20 foot double row of sweet peas if plants are spaced 9-12 inches apart.
Details
Plant type: annual
Height: 6-8 feet
Amount of sun: full sun
Days to maturity: 75-90 days
Approx seeds: 10 per variety, 50 total
How To Grow
In mild areas seeds can be sown in pots in the fall, wintered over in a sheltered spot and planted out in spring. Everywhere else, sow seeds 10-12 weeks before the last frost and plant out right around the last frost. Provide a strong trellis or support for vines to climb.
Harvesting/Vase Life
For the longest vase life, pick when there are at least two unopened flowers at the tip. Vase life will be shorter when picked more open. Sweet peas are a short-lived cut flower, lasting at best 4-5 days in a vase. Adding a source of sugar or flower food to the water will extend vase life a few additional days.
