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Sweet Peas

AKA: Lathyrus
Position: Full Sun,Partial Shade
Soils: Well-drained/light, Clay, Acidic, Alkaline
Flowers:
Features:
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 240cm
Spread:
Propogate: Sow seed in October and overwinter in a cold frame
Companion Plants:

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Propogate from seed

1. let some flowers go to seed in ?
2. Sow the seed in root trainers or toilet rolls in October. Sow into sed compost one inch deep.
3. Overwinter in a cold frame or unheated greenhouse, with occasional watering.
4. Once at 4 leaf stage pinch out the top to encourage branching
5. Plant out when? Choose the strongest braching shoot and pinch out the rest.
6. pick flowers regularly to encourage more blooms