My grandmother grew pink sweet peas to cover tattered tar paper siding on a shed in her tiny garden on the east side of Buffalo. I remember my sister and me picking the flowers and seed pods for ...

With their delicious perfume and myriad of candy-like hues, sweet peas are undeniably one of the best early-summer bloomers. To grow them in your garden, you can either sow some seeds (a wider range ...

You might say daughter-in-law Dawn Meredith Peck has the uncommon sense in this family. Or, at least, an uncommon sense of scent, a pursuit of floral fragrance which has driven her to write three ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...

A summer filled with sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) may be just a dream in November, but you can start to make your dreams come true for next summer by planting seeds now. The combination of our mild ...

When we get this close to Valentine's Day, I have to remind myself, and perhaps you, that the last half of February is time to get sweet peas and plant them. This is the newest trick to get the most ...

Q: Thanks for answering my tomato questions. What is the best way to start poppy seeds and sweet peas indoor for planting outside? I tried last year and had a hard time. I love poppies and sweet peas.

Plant sweetpeas this October for an easy, fragrant, and colourful garden that blooms beautifully from spring through summer ...

Last week, I mentioned pansies, cyclamen, primula, stocks and sweet peas, but now let's discuss growing them in more detail. Pansies are the most popular cool weather annual. They are low-growing ...