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Bush Sweet Peas

Explorer

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Bush Sweet Peas

Explorer

(Lathyrus odoratus)
With early blooming flowers and the most beautiful color range, our Explorer is the best short, non-climbing sw...
(Lathyrus odoratus)
With early blooming flowers and the most beautiful color range, our Explorer is the best short, non-climbing sweet pea, perfect for beds and borders. The bushy 2 1/2 foot plants soon bear beguiling, dainty winged blossoms with exquisite honeyed fragrance in entrancing rich hues of deep rose, lavender, salmon, mid-blue, rose crimson, pink, scarlet and white. Flower stems are long enough to cut for long lasting perfumed bouquets.
Seed Count: 35-40 / Weight: 3.5 gms
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ANNUAL

Spring/summer bloom
Frost tolerant

 

EASIEST TO START OUTDOORS

Sweet peas must have well drained soil, so dig deeply and enrich with aged manure or compost before planting. Sow seeds in full sun in cool early spring weather as early as the ground can be worked.

In mild winter areas, where the ground does not freeze, seeds can be planted in fall to form strong root systems, then overwinter to bloom strongly in spring. Plant seeds 1 inch deep and 2 to 3 inches apart. Erect short supports at planting time. When seedlings are 2 inches tall, thin to 4 to 5 inches apart, to allow plants room to mature.


THIN OR TRANSPLANT

Space seedlings 4 to 5 inches apart when they are 2 inches tall, allowing room for plants to mature.


GROWING NOTES

Sweet peas bloom best before the weather gets too hot, so if spring planting, sow as soon as ground can be worked. Where summer heat comes on fast, these short vines will thrive and bloom longer in a spot with some afternoon shade.

Cold Winters

Mild Winters

Sun/Shade

Sow Seeds

Days To Germinate

Mature Height

March – April
Sept. – March
Full sun
2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep
12 – 28 days
2 1/2 feet

Cold Winters

Mild Winters

Sun/Shade

Sow Seeds

Days To Germinate

Mature Height

March – April
Sept. – March
Full sun
2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep
12 – 28 days
2 1/2 feet

Cold Winters

March – April

Mild Winters

Sept. – March

Sun/Shade

Full sun

Sow Seeds

2 – 3 inches apart
1 inch deep

Days To Germinate

12 – 28 days

Mature Height

2 1/2 feet

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