Peas are a delightful addition to any container garden, offering sweet, tender pods that can be eaten fresh or cooked. Both bush and vining varieties grow well in pots, though vining types will ...

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 ...

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 ...

See our Best Buy varieties for pots above. Plant out in April in pots orhanging baskets. Use a Best Buy compost for containers and mix in a Best Buy controlled-release feed. Pick sweet peas regularly ...

Beans, southern peas, and potatoes (from seed pieces ... most of these crops are long done for the season. If you are growing in containers, they’ll probably finish up their season a bit ...