Peas are one of my all-time favourite vegetables to grow in the garden. They’re fun, rewarding and taste incredible — and if ...

St. Patrick’s Day for gardeners is considered the beginning of the vegetable planting season. Irish potatoes can be planted now. Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennial vegetables to get ...

Sweet peas are annual climbers with unbeatable fragrance. Discover our best sweet pea varieties and tips for how to grow them ...

Thomas Jefferson is best known as our third president and diplomate. It was of his interest in horticulture, particularly ...

Few flowers are as nostalgic and charming as ornamental sweet peas, Lathyrus odoratus. Their delicate petals, ruffled blooms, and intoxicating fragrance evoke memories of cottage gardens, ...

In chapter two, Mathis looks at the characteristics of five classes of sweet peas. Old-fashioned or antique varieties, those introduced before 1914, carry the small flowers and short stems of that ...

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 ...