My Top 10 Sweet Pea Varieties
Sweet Pea – Antique BouquetTraditional varieties of sweet pea colours with great scent. |
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Sweet Pea – Blue RippleDelicate light blue frills on the end of white flowers. It is a lovely blue reminiscent of delphiniums |
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Sweet Pea – GrandifloraStrong bold colours in fashion of Union Jack. Great contrast between colours |
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Sweet Pea – Melody RoseVery charming colours with a light delicate touch. Great fragrance |
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Sweet Pea – Sugar and Spice – bicolorLike traditional old fashioned varieties. Shorter stems, but wonderful old fragrance – evocative of cottage gardens. |
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Sweet Pea – Sugar and Spice– basket variety. Makes intense display of flowers |
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Sweet Pea – Cream SouthbourneDelicate wavy flowers. Great large frilly blooms with extravagant scent to give a great allrounder sweet pea |
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Sweet Pea – Firecrest.Uniformity of red, eyecatching colour on strong stems |
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Sweet Pea – Fragrant RipplesA long strong stem, with wonderful wavy colouring. Also provide beautiful smell |
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ChatsworthLovely lilac flowers and fragrance |
Photo Credit
Sweet Pea Harvest by Baha’i Views / Flitzy Phoebie CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Sweet Peas: An Essential Guide by Roger Parsons
The sweet pea is a favourite flower of the gardener because of its delightful scent and diverse range of beautiful colours as this Top 10 Sweet Pea variety selection shows. The book by Roger Parsons looks at the genus in detail and explains how the novice gardener or the seasoned grower can get the most from their sweet peas.