{"id":1971,"date":"2014-10-02T02:49:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2014-09-29T01:26:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T08:26:23","slug":"growing-everlasting-sweetpea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-everlasting-sweetpea\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Everlasting Sweetpea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Everlasting Sweetpea\u00c2\u00a0 is <\/strong>a herbaceaous perennials unlike it’s annual cousins. Lathyrus latifolia is the latin name of everlasting sweet peas and there are several varieties including this ‘Pink Pearl’,\u00c2\u00a0 ‘Red Pearl’ and I also have an unnamed\u00c2\u00a0 variety that is a blueish white. I have grown mine from seed but you can also take cuttings in early summer.<\/p>\n

If you can forget comparisons with annual sweet peas you will find these rapidly growing climbers<\/strong> a great asset in your garden. They will scramble over an untidy compost heap, grow up a tall shrub or twine over a specific frame. Ever popular, this plant is smothered in showy sprays of legume like flowers from June to September among grey-green leaves. A vigorous, perennial climber, it looks lovely scrambling over a sunny wall or through a hedge or evergreen shrub, although initially it needs to be tied into supports.<\/p>\n

Growing Healthy Everlasting Sweetpeas<\/h3>\n