Autumn light fades, but a tray of seeds can still set a bright promise. A tiny October ritual brings long months of scent.

• 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 ...

As frosts loom and days shrink, one low-cost autumn task promises morale, fragrance and vivid colour when winter finally ...

Sweet peas have an irresistible perfume and every winter garden should have these wonderful scented, free flowering varieties. If sown this month, sweet peas should start coming into flower in June.

Why do terracotta pots turn white? JOSH: Over time, a white powdery substance can build up on terracotta pots – this is due to calcium and other salts in your water or fertiliser. They make their way ...

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 ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...

A cool-weather annual, sweet peas actually like the Northwest's infamous cool springs and begin to fade as the hot weather comes on strong. Even though seed packets and available literature recommend ...

If you’re carrying a bouquet of old-fashioned sweet peas, you’re bound to be greeted with smiles. The fragrance transports many to sunny afternoons. And like the scent of lilacs, the smell of sweet ...