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CAUTION Sweet Pea seeds are Poisonous: Harmful if eaten
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Sowing Sweet Peas
In mild winters or mild areas sow during October and over winter in cold frame,
or in cold areas sow indoors March to April 1cm deep. Chipping seeds (opposite
the eye) aids germination. For beautiful blooms throughout the flowering season try to prevent Sweet Peas from setting seed.
Heirloom Sweet Peas Page 1
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Annual 15-20°C Thick layer of vermiculite Sow autumn and spring |
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Heirloom Mixed A mixture of Heirloom grandiflora Sweet Peas included in the mixture are most of the colours of this type of sweet pea, and contains varieties dating right back to the 16th Century, many of the varieties being highly scented.
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Black Knight Deep maroon/violet bicolour 1898 pkt approx 20 seeds £18.50 Bulk pkt approx 500 seeds
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Queen of the Isles Queen of the Isles Sweet pea with beautiful bicoloured flowers, dating from 1885 pkt approx 20 seeds
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Collier Sweet pea Mrs Collier Cream coloured flowers dating from 1907 pkt approx 20 seeds
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Dorothy Eckford White flowered dating back to 1903
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Henry Eckford Orange flowered dating back to 1906 pkt approx 20 seeds
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Painted Lady Dating back to approx 1737. An old fashioned type with very attractive bi-colour flowers in pink and white with a beautiful strong scented fragrance. This variety dates back to the early 18th Century and is a very popular variety.
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Sweet Peas UK seed merchant Heirloom varieties include Heirloom Mixed, Queen of the Isles, America, Black Night, Mrs Collier, Cupanis Original, Henry Eckford, Dorothy Eckford, Painted Lady
Heirloom Sweet Peas (1) (2) (3) Sweet Peas (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (Sweet Pea Collections)
The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only,
you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a
rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed
like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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