Sweet Peas

[Theland1]

Do Sweet Peas have to be grown from seed now, or can they be bought as little plants. Do the have to have a climbing frame to flourish?

[mrs_overall]

Sweet peas grown from seed should ideally be sown in March/April. You can plant the seeds directly into the ground, but it's too late for this year.
The snails & slugs got mine this year so I've replaced them with sweetpea plants I bought cheaply from a car boot sale.
They do need something to climb up. Some years I use a cane wigwam and some years I grow them up against a fence which has a piece of fine netting hung from it.
They look & smell gorgeous and provide masses of cut flowers.

[bimbo123456]

I have bought baby plants that hang rather than climb. Hoping for a nice dangly display of blooms from my hanging wall baskets. I put a granular feed thing (looks like birdseed) in the baskets as they can't spread their roots into the soil.

[shylock73]

Sweet peas require plenty of water and feed with Miracle Grow, also, the more you pick `em` the more you get. They grow well if you make a wigwam with tall canes and tie netting around it to form a `cage`. Put plants just inside of canes and when about 1ft high attach to canes with soft string. Don`t let dry out.