“Hey, sweet pea” is an expression we’ve all grown up hearing. But few of us have actually spent time thinking about where ...

Growing sweet peas is easy and rewarding. These lovely climbing annual flowers bring color and fragrance to any garden. There’s a lovely array of hues to pick from as well, from soft pastels to ...

Why grow sweet peas as a screen? Sweet peas need support ... making it slightly wider and deeper than the root ball of the plant. Allow plants to grow for four weeks until they are about 30cm ...

This new flower will have a Welsh name for the first time since the sweet pea arrived in Britain 300 years ago. John Rowlands, originally from Bala, has been growing sweet peas on his Denbighshire ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Artificial flowers have come a long way from their tacky, plastic predecessors. Today’s faux blooms offer a near-perfect ...

Note that all parts of the sweet pea are inedible, despite their yummy fragrance, and the flowers are extraordinary too — delicate crepe-papery blooms growing thickly on vines in a wide range of ...

Q: I grew sweet peas this summer and loved filling the house with their flowers. The plants have finished and I was going to clear them away to the compost heap but noticed a lot of pods on them.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions These traditional wigwams make it easy to pick peas and smell ...

Scientists found that species including orchid and sweet pea could re-orient themselves in 10-48 hours after an injury These plants are able to bend, twist and reposition their stems to ensure ...

Although the striking blue color conjures flavors of blue raspberry candy and the sweet Blue Curaçao liquor to mind, butterfly pea flower tea is nothing like this. It is rather mild, tasting ...

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.