SWEET PEAS ROYAL FAMILY BLUE - SEED

SWEET PEAS ROYAL FAMILY BLUE

Description
Royal Blue Sweet Peas Seeds (Climbing Type) 6250 Heirloom Flower. Royal Family is our finest climbing variety! This sweet pea produces large very fragrant flowers in bright, clear blue that are carried well out from the vine on strong stems. Self twining vines can grow to 180 cm (6′) in height.

How to Grow
12 seed/gram. Plants bloom late spring to late fall! Select a site with deep, well-drained soil in full sun Sow April and early May when the soil becomes workable but is still quite cool. Soak seeds overnight in water then sow seed 12 mm (1/2″) deep about 5 cm (2″) apart – germination can take up to 20 days. Thin to 10 cm (4″) apart when they are 7.5 cm (3″) tall. Keep well watered and fed through the year with a 20-20-20 or 15-30-15 water soluble fertilizer. Plants will often have reduced flowering during the heat of summer but will once again flower prolifically with the return of moderate temperatures in late summer. A couple of hours of mid-afternoon shade can be beneficial in hot summer areas.

BLOOMING SEASON BEGINS
Late Spring

LIFECYCLE
Annual

PROPAGATION
Sow Direct

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
15 to 20

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Climbing

HEIGHT
Tall (1 to 2 m)(39" to 78")

FROST TOLERANCE
Can Withstand Light Frost

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

FAMILY NAME
Fabaceae

LATIN
Lathyrus odoratus

SUGGESTED USES
Cut flower, Fragrance, Living screen, Pollinator and butterfly plant., Vertical colour