Planting and Growing Sweet Peas

In SoCal, it’s time to plant sweet peas. Or, if you live in USDA zones 7 and above they’ll bring fragrant winter blooms too. In cold winter areas, wait until late winter/early spring, when you plant your peas. I planted my sweet peas and snow peas recently. Late September into October still has longer days and warm soil which gets them off to a good start. Planting sweet peas is a hopeful endeavor, especially this year with the coronavirus.

I’ve written previously about planting sweet peas with more detailed instructions on how I do it.

In My Garden: Planting Sweet Peas.

Learn from the experts about how to grow sweet peas. Recently, I consulted these sources and found them helpful.

Floret Flowers How to Grow Sweet Peas

Renees’s Garden Sweet Peas—Sowing Seeds Directly into the Garden: Technique Tips with Photos

Fine Gardening Success with Sweet Peas

I especially like this very fragrant bicolor variety and save the seed for the next season. I’ve been doing that for over twenty-five years so the seed is well adapted to our climate. I shared the seed with Brijette at San Diego Seed Company and you can purchase and grow Point Loma Pops.