Unwins - Sweet Pea Seeds - April in Paris

Unwins - Sweet Pea April in Paris

This Sweet Pea variety is sweetly scented with gently frilled blooms. The beautiful white flowers have a lilac picotee edge with long stems that are great for cutting. This hardy annual Sweet Pea also has a fantastic strong scent.

Feed & water plants regularly, pick flowers often to ensure continuous supply. September - October sowings produce the most vigorous & earliest flowering plants. Seedlings are best overwintered in a cold frame or under cloches.

Key Information:

• Half hardy annual
• Plant Height: 120cm Plant Spacing: 60cm
• Long stems, great for cutting
• Scent rating: 5/5

Advice & Tips:

• Almost fill 12cm pots with seed & cutting compost. Sow five seeds, evenely spaced, per pot & lightly cover with a little more compost. Water well after sowing, but not again until seedlings have emerged. Place in warmth 10-15°C.
• Grow on in unheated conditions, ideally in a cold frame. Pinch out the growing tips to encourage bushier plant growth & more flowers. Plant out 20cm apart from March onwards in a sunny position.
• Sow seeds in pre-watered, warm soil 2cm deep, 10cm apart. Keep soil moist until seedlings emerge.
• Support young plants with canes, netting or trellis to about 1.8m.

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