Sweet Pea Promise

Highly fragrant Sweet Pea Promise has beautiful pink and white blooms. Some petals lean towards fuchsia-pink, others are softer with mottling, darker edges or little flecks of paler pink. Every flower is slightly different, but all have contrasting white petals, making this a true bi-colour.

🌸 Flowering: summer into September 
📏 Height: 180-220cm 
🌿 Annual

Sow: either in deep pots from October to February (place in a cold frame) or sow in March or April.  You can direct sow in mild areas in the spring. Some suggest that soaking the seed overnight before sowing aids germination. Harden off your spring-sown plants before planting out in May/June for blooms from July.  Overwintered sweet peas may flower earlier than this.

Grow: they like full sun and a rich, moisture-retentive soil. A layer of mulch helps keep the soil and roots cooler and helps retain moisture during hot summer days. Sweet peas need support. Pick plenty and often, don’t let them set pods.

Enjoy: these large, ruffled flowers, with their natural colour variations, are lovely just as they are or paired with a darker colour.

🏡 In your garden

•    City and courtyard gardens
•    Cottage and informal gardens
•    Cutting gardens
•    Pollinator plantings
•    Flower borders and beds including beside walls
•    Grow as a living temporary screen

✂️ Cut flower

•    Fresh vase life of 4 to 7 days
•    Beautiful and fragrant
•    Best cut when there are at least two unopened flowers at the tip

🐝 Pollinator friendly

•    A good source of nectar in the summer
•    Growing them near fruit trees and vegetable patches helps draw pollinators in

⚠️ CAUTION
Seeds and pods are harmful if eaten.