[Fermi]

Sweet pea 'Matucana' is once more going berserk!
cheers
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[Hilary]

Lathyrus odoratus ’Nimbus’

More seed success.

I had acquired the seeds from THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY seed bank last year and planted them in October. They produced the first flowers yesterday, 18th April

[Charithea]

I am telling myself that I am not jealous.  They are amazing.  I have not had any success with growing sweet peas. I have been given seeds by friends and from the MGS seed bank but I have failed. Once they germinated and started to grow until our cats decided to run in and out of the area and squashed them until they gave up the fight.

[Hilary]

Mine are in a large pot and were watered usually daily
No cats or dogs or other animals here

 

[Charithea]

Hilary I have seen sweet peas growing in big pots and they look lovely.   I went out and counted the 'pots' that I have to keep an eye on.  There are more then 100 permanent plants in clay pots,  50 plus cactus and 50 plus plastic pots with cuttings and seasonal seeds. There are more then 200 pots that I have to remember to keep an eye on and also deter the cats  from sleeping among them. I am happy to add more but my sister, in her early eighties, can not cope with the work when we are away on trips.

[Hilary]

200 pots sounded like a lot until I started counting ours. For a start we have five on the kitchen windowsill, three in the bathroom, six in the sitting room and seven outside the front door an area which is not strictly ours to use. The front doors along the passage ways of the block of flats which have a little gardens of flowers  pots look so much better than the doors which are bare and barren

Most of our plants in pots could stand two weeks absence of care and water when we used to go away on trips

[Fermi]

'Matucana' is once again taking over parts of our garden!
cheers
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[Fermi]

This bicoloured sweetpea appeared in the garden but I don't remember it being in our garden previously!
We did have a plain pink one - could it be a hybrid between that one and 'Matucana'?
It looks very similar to one my dad grew when I was a kid which looks like the one called 'Painted Lady' or 'Cupid'
cheers
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[Hilary]

I was going to sow seeds today but only got round to writing the labels
However, I am horrified to discover I don't have any seeds for sweet peas
I will have to see if I can find any on my weekly downtown expedition

Your sweet peas look lovely