![]() Some people grow sweet peas in specialized pots known as “Rootrainers” - each individual cell has long and grooved sides to encourage the roots to grow down, perfect for growing sweet peas in - but we found them to be a bit cost prohibitive so instead we just started our sweet peas in a large 4” pot (that is also around 3.5” tall just like the Rootrainers). This is a good thing as far as the plant goes (helps them to establish themselves quickly and readily, even makes the vines pretty drought tolerant) but it can cause some difficulty when you’re starting them from seed. Sweet peas have big and long root systems with a big and long taproot that grows deep. Other sweet pea varieties are OK - the multifloras, semi-grandifloras, grandifloras and old-fashioned varieties are certainly still beautiful and are especially great in the scent department - but make for better ornamental garden plants as opposed to cut flowers. ![]() We only grow Spencer varieties - the multi-bloom ruffle-edged gloriously beautiful sweet peas that are the only choice for floral design. They perform the best, give the best flowers and perform the best. Generally speaking, the best sweet peas come from high quality sources. Sweet peas are actually pretty tough plants and are one of the easiest cut flowers to grow so long as you get a few points down. Growing sweet peas is actually easy once you demystify the process. Warm bright conditions to flower with plenty of water and nutrients to flower They’re also easy to grow so long as you follow a few rules and understand what they need which in a nutshell is:Ĭool bright conditions for growing on into fully grown plants Usually memories of a wonderful parent or grandparent that grew sweet peas.Įither way, sweet peas give everyone the warm fuzzies, but they’re also a great cut flower to grow because they’re extremely productive, has a beautiful flower that works into just about any sort of floral design and are surprisingly tough as nails despite their rather fluffy and delicate appearance. ![]() I think it’s because of that magical scent (since scent is one of the most powerful senses, especially as far as memories go) that people also have very strong memories (and therefore strong feelings) regarding sweet peas. I think it’s partially because they are spectacular flowers, coming in a wonderful array of colors and that wonderful scent - heady and sweet and somehow amazingly luxurious in their olfactory profile. Sweet peas are one of those flowers that are popular with just about everybody. ![]()
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