I’ve loved sweet peas for as long as I can remember. I mean, who couldn't be obsessed with their ruffled little petals and unrivalled scent? My all-time favorite? 'Matucana,' most probably, a heritage ...

4. Small containers 'While sweet peas can grow beautifully in containers, avoid using small pots or shallow planters,' says Georgina. 'Their roots grow deep and need room to develop.

There's nothing quite as fragrant as sweet peas. You can make this lovely English garden-type scene a reality in your yard, but you need to act now, because fall is prime time for planting this ...

Start sweet peas indoors anytime between Feb. 1 and March 15. Sow one seed in each 2-inch or larger plastic pot filled with sterilized potting soil or a peat pot.

Fall planting of sweet peas in pots and containers will produce seedlings that can sail through our winters, and that means you'll get a head start on next year's garden when you plant them out in ...

• Soak sweet pea seed overnight to soften the hard seed coat. Sow three to four seeds, 1 inch deep, in pots of moistened seed starting mix. Seeds will germinate in seven to 10 days.

Seeds for wildflowers and sweet peas produce delicate bursts of spring color. Here's how to plant them now in SoCal, plus November plant events.

Sweet peas have finished flowering for the summer, with many gardeners now focused on deadheading to prolong their display of dainty blooms. While you may have missed your chance to grow your own ...

"If you can, grow your sweet peas in the ground rather than pots and this reduces the need to water so often, as sweet peas thrive on a good water supply.

Josh explains why terracotta pots can turn white, Jerry discusses growing sweet peas in Queensland and Hannah advises on the best vegies for pickling.