Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) are sweet-smelling annuals with delicate, wing-shaped flowers and a slender stem. They are beautiful in cut-flower bouquets, gardens, or whimsically winding their way up ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

EVERY YEAR, RIGHT around Valentine’s Day, I begin soaking, sprouting and starting seeds, dreaming of the fragrant blossoms to come. This year, I’m tweaking my familiar garden ritual. Earlier this ...

Do you love the smell and beautiful pastel colors of sweet peas in early spring? You can grow them yourself if you get started now. Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) require full sun, fertile soil and ...

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 ...

If you’ve never grown peas before, you should! If you’ve ever eaten a pea fresh from the garden, I don’t need to convince you to grow peas. The sugar in peas begins turning into starch from the moment ...