Green peas are vining plants with a vigorous growth habit, and typically require a trellis to grow and support them. Depending on the variety, peas will be ready for harvest in anywhere from 50 to ...

To extend the growing season, throw row covers over your peas to protect the crop from heavy frost in early spring or late fall. In the summer, mulch can help cool the soil. Peas are easy to grow ...

If you’re looking to grow peas to eat, then you should be careful in choosing a variety. Not all peas are edible. Ornamental ...

Once peas have reached 5-8cm (2-3in) in height and their tendrils begin to reach out for support, place stakes next to plants. To grow an early crop, try sowing seeds in a length of old guttering ...

Why grow sweet peas as a screen? Sweet peas need support and a screen is a great way of exploiting their natural growing habit while introducing height, colour and scent in one season. Create a ...

THERE’S few things more lovely than a sweetpea in bloom. Especially if they’re filled with fragrance and happily climbing ...

In some gardening circles, a gardener’s skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first mess of shelling peas on the table. Peas are a good choice for such competition, because raising a good ...

Sweet peas grow best in rich soil with plenty of moisture ... I like to grow mine up bean sticks arranged as a wigwam but any support will do from bamboo canes to chicken wire.” ...

Young sweet peas like growing in cool conditions but don’t tolerate being frosted. If it’s too warm, they can become weak. Cover with fleece during very cold weather. Plant them in March or early ...

It is good for training along a wire fence, trellis, or up an obelisk as the stems grow 1.5 to 1.8 m in length so support is required. Nectar rich bedding sweetpeas. Sweet pea Bijou Mixed is a ...