Sweet peas are easy-to-grow, hardy annuals. If you live in USDA Zone 7 or warmer, plant them outdoors in late fall. Elsewhere, plant them from late winter to very early spring. The seedlings can ...

No summer garden is complete without sweet peas. With super-abundant, delicate flowers with a heavenly perfume, they are addictive to grow, not least for their cut-flower potential, filling our homes ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

For as long as I can remember - which is usually about two minutes, the same as my attention span - I've heard that Good Friday is the traditional day for planting peas. That always struck me as being ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...

CORVALLIS – Sweet peas are a classic flower in English gardens since they were introduced in the 17th century from southern Italy and have transplanted well to all parts of the world, including ...

You might say daughter-in-law Dawn Meredith Peck has the uncommon sense in this family. Or, at least, an uncommon sense of scent, a pursuit of floral fragrance which has driven her to write three ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...

This year’s not-so-superbloom of wildflowers in San Luis Obispo County may have peaked in most places, but not so along Highway 46 West this week. Many of the road-cut hillsides from Green Valley Road ...