Sowing sweet pea seeds in autumn offers gardeners some notable advantages. These annual flowering vines, Lathyrus odoratus, ...

Make sure you wipe your knife or secateurs between cutting each plant to prevent diseases from spreading. Secure the sweet pea to its cane with string, garden twine or special sweet pea rings.

The good news is that it’s perfectly possible to home-save the seed and then use it to grow another generation of plants to fill your garden with fragrant blooms next year. Sweet pea flowers are ...

Plant your sweet peas, one per support. Toby used a highly scented old fashioned sweet pea called ‘Matucana’.