Sown Some Sweetpeas Today

Beautiful colours, i can almost smell them !

you are on the ball jacque, not sure when to do mine with not having a greenhouse, think i will wait a while longer till no risk of frost, hope your do well ;o))

Thanx Megan/San :) I brought Sweetpea Plants in 2008 & Collected the Seeds From Them!! That makes these 1s their Great Grand Children lol :) I think u sow Sweetpeas outside in March San :)

Thanks for the reminder, I'll sow some tomorrow, the forecast is much better so I'll venture into the GH for the first time this year.

lol jacque and thanx for the tip ;o)))

Hi Heron uv still time even if u dont Venture out 2morrow :) Yw San :)

Yoi have been busy Jacque.Good tip for saving on labels too !

Hi Jane/Ray i enjoyed getting into GH today but i didnt sow as many Seeds as i wanted 2 so il try&get back out there again tomorrow ;)

You will have wonderful show this year Jacque...heres hoping for a long hot summer !

MMMMMmmmmmm that would be Wonderful wouldnt it :)

Think we all deserve one after what we just been through !

Your so rite Jane/Ray :)

Looking forward to lots of lovely pictures c, thats a good idea putting them in trays to save on labels!

Great tips Jacque I dont have a greenhouse either but good to know when to start sowing, I`m sure you will have wonderful colour i just love Sweet peas, a lovely old flower...:~)))

Hey, Jac - no newspaper pots this year?

I do hope we all get some great sweet peas this summer.....:-)))))
Your last year's ones look lovely.

Im hopeing most of those Seeds will grow HomeB :)I dont use the Trays 4 any thing else only standing Potted up Seeds/Plants In PP :) My Dad used to Grow them Mobee thats why i love`m so much :) Iv some Lovely Deep Plastic Pots this Year Spritz iv used, i only use the Paper 1s for potting on Larger Plants :)

You are way ahead of us Jacque , you will have a lovely show with all of those plants , the fragrance of them in the evenings will be wonderful :o)

I stared at Sweet Peas and Nasturtium seeds for I don't know how long when I was choosing my tidbit of seeds Jaque...but decided that I have had so many Nasties and Sweet Peas like to climb..and I have to keep what I plant in pots. I did see a short sweet pea but love the climbers so much, could not think of it..lol..has anyone grown the short version?

Good luck with them Jacque i love putting seeds in and watch them grow, i also put pots in tray and just use one label..

lovely pics jacque...........a wonderful reminder of things to come..........

Last year I grew some sweetpeas from seeds I had saved but they didn't grow as high as I'd hoped. Now I realise they should have gone in much earlier.
Did you soak the seeds Jacque?

As usual I sowed and planted 3 seeds at the end of the GH last back-end so, though I don't get many flowers, I do get them early. They are 4" high now. I've gone back to sowing 'Spencer's' as I like the pastel shades rather than the darker ones that I tried last year. For me the most important thing is the scent, which variety do you think is the best for scent.

I've just sown Sweet Peas, types are:
Bijou Mixed 18" high
Blue Velvet 6'
Cupani 6' a grandiflora from 1599 (allegedly ! ) amazing scent
Old Spice mixed 6' old fashioned heritage variety
Spencer mixed 6' we all love those
Swan Lake 6' large pure white blooms

Here's hoping they all germinate as i don't have a greenhouse !

Went to the garage to get the seeds - none where they should have been. Opened another drawer to check and out popped a very porky mouse! It'll be Thompson and Morgan then.

They're very tough Megan.

Well, time will tell . . . .

Isn't it an exciting time of year, you can feel the tension in the air. Eager fingers dying to snip the top off those seed packets (I've already shaken a few) OK we've sown the earlies but any day now we'll feel the long awaited sun on our backs and there'll be a hive of activity both in and out of the GH

I like being ahead Amy ;) Iv seen but never grown the Short 1s CatF but i hear they make lovely Container Traling Plants :)What Great Minds we have Clarice ;) Im looking forward to seing them so much Holly :D I never soak/Chip My Sweetpea Seeds Ginelle,Mine r the Old Fashioned Sweetpeas Heron I beleive they give the Best Perfume ? :)Good Luck with Yours Megan im sure they be fine as they sound sheltered :)

I chose the packets that said they were the most fragrant. I did the same last year and they certainly lived up to expectation! I usually take a small bunch to church on a Sunday, and everyone said that the perfume was lovely.

I'm intending to plant some more soon - to get later flowers as well as early ones, if I can.

Hi Spritz i love their Perfume like yourself :) I always think of My Dear Dad when i See/Smell them as he always grew his himself along with Asters for Long Summer Displays :) I remember Lily Of The Valley growing in his Garden 2 along with Loads of Beautiful Blue Grape Hyacinths :)

What a lovely memory, Jac. xx

I thinks his Love Of Flowers & Gardening rubbed off on me Spritz :) I miss him so much :( hes been gone 16yr this yr as u know nobody fills your Mum or Dads Place XXX

No - they don't. It's strange to be the 'mother' myself - apart from being a grandmother as well!

I often find myself Teaching My 2 Teenagers what My Parents taught me Spritz !! I find myself stopping & remembering the great memorys of My Youth :) I look forward to becoming a Grandmother :)

It's lovely to hold the babies in your arms and look for family resemblances, Jac. xx

See PM.

:) Thanx Spritz :)X

I collected some sweetpea seeds last year Jac. You have reminded me to get sowing! I can`t remember which type they are but never mind. :o)

Sandra x

Im sure whatever 1s uv got Sandra theyl look&smell great :) x

Ooooo - something nice to look forward to :-)

Hi Sarah have u sown any Seeds yourself yet? :)

OK, I will go out right away & buy some sweetpeas today. Thx, J. the blog was fun to read. I love the purple ones

The Purple 1 is My Fav 2 Doon :)

Hi Jac - yes, I've sown 5 different lots of seed so far. Did you see my last blog? I did a list of all the seeds I hope to sow this spring......think I've got a bit carried away tho LOL

Can never have to many Different Seeds Sarah :)