22+ Sweet Pea Shrub Potted
Plant annual perennial dwarf single and mixed coloured sweet pea flowers in plant pots or beds and enjoy as cut flowers in your home.
Sweet pea shrub potted. Plant your peas 2 inches 5 cm apart and when they re a few inches high thin them to 4 inches 10 cm apart. Sprinkle some powdered lime on the surface if your soil tends to be acidic. Choose a well drained site. A wonderful patio container plant and useful for mass plantings or mixed into a flowering perennial garden. You can sow them into pots of compost in autumn and overwinter the young plants in a cold frame or cool greenhouse. Or you can wait until spring when you can sow into pots or directly into the ground. Lathyrus odoratus matucana hardy annual that is hugely.
Fill the container with soil leaving a 1 inch space at the top. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 and 10. The colorful and fragrant sweet pea is a favorite in cottage gardens and other informal garden styles. Alkaline soil is best. Sweet pea plants have a gorgeous fragrance and superb flower power the more you cut the more you get. Lathyrus latifolius white pearl perennial climber with pure white flowers from june to late august. It grows 2 to 3 feet 0 5 to 1 m tall and thrives in sun or shade.
Growing sweet peas from seed couldn t be easier. Water regularly weekly or more often. Space the pea seeds 2 inches 5 cm apart and 1 inch 2 5 cm beneath the soil. Polygala fruticosa petite butterflies masses of vibrant purple magenta pea like flowers will adorn the compact mound of gray green foliage for much of the year. High quality sweet pea plugs seeds at excellent prices. Create a support for the potted pea with bamboo poles or stakes set into the center of the pot. Sweet peas are happiest with their heads in the sun and their roots deep in cool moist soil.
Prepare a rich soil by mixing in generous. Native to south africa and sensitive to frost it survives winters only in u s. How to grow sweet pea flowers in pots plant your peas in a container that s at least 6 inches 15 cm deep and 8 inches 20 cm in diameter. To prepare the seeds leave them on moist kitchen roll until they swell or sprout. Lathyrus vernus alboroseus a hardy perennial bush forming sweet pea that has tiny pink and white flowers in april. When you plant your container grown sweet peas depends a lot on where you live. Water in thoroughly and top with a 1 inch layer of mulch like compost or wood chips.
It is most often seen trained up bamboo stakes or structures but can also be left to form mounds or planted in containers where it spills over the sides. Partial to full sun. When possible plant low growing annuals in front of them to shade their roots. Sweet pea shrubs attract bees butterflies and birds making it an excellent choice for wildlife gardens.