Sweet Peas

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Ooh boy, summertime. There’s a lot to love about a summer day spent outside, isn’t there? Let’s set the scene:Pollen wafts on the warm winds while the sun beats d

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When you find a long-blooming annual eager to mound into a big lump of fragrant flowers, you remember it, add it to your garden year after year, and generally find any excuse to use it that you can get away with.Ladies and gentlemen, sweet alyssum is that flower. And if you aren’t f

In our gardens we often had Tiarella and Heuchera, This is the first time we have had a go at Heuchella. To state the obvious, it is a cross between the two. Heucherella Sweet Tea adds a fantastic foliage contrast to the other plants.

Apples are a beloved fruit that comes in a wide variety of flavors, textures, and sweetness levels. Among them, some apple varieties are particularly renowned for their exceptional sweetness, offering a delightful and satisfying snacking experience. Here are some of the sweetest apple varieties you should try.

Sowing Sweet Peas I do like to sow my sweet peas in late autumn so that I can start picking them in June – and if I had enough space I would do another sowing in March to extend the picking season – but it is tricky enough as it is to find room for the autumn plants. Sowing in autumn means that if I do have any germination problems, I can resow.

Sweet Peas in Waiting The autumn sown sweet pea plants are looking very good in the coldframe and they seem perfectly content with my regime of benign neglect (i.e. occasionally peering inside the frame).

A Sweet Response I’d more or less given up on the sweetpeas.  They’ve been so battered by the rain that I thought I was going to have to pull them out, but a couple of days of sunshine and they are responding with a flush of flowers.  The stems are shorter than usual and there is some mildew on the lower growth so I’m not expecting an extended season, but oh the joy of going out and picking this posy of my favourite flower.

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A Sufficiency of Sweet Peas My autumn-sown sweetpeas always do really well, but inevitably they start to wind down just at the point when my friends spring-sown seeds get into their stride, so I’ve just sown some more to see if I can avoid ‘late-season sweetpea envy’ this year. Of course I’m making a rod for my own back – as much as I adore them, picking them is a time-consuming process and it is essential to pick as often as possible to avoid them setting seed.

Hornbeam & Hazel Sweet Pea Arbour The combination of coppiced hazel and hornbeam has made a wonderful arbour for the sweet peas which will soon be scrambling up their supports. I will probably plant large leaved parsley in the central area where it will enjoy the dappled shade.