Perennial Sweet Peas

[susieq100]

Does anyone grow these? I love sweet peas for their scent and have grown them for the last three years. In the latest T&M catalogue there are perennial sweet peas which would be great for a border at the allotment, but if they don't smell the same .... So if anyone can advise me I would be grateful. Thanks very much.

[Tam]

I am afraid there are no scented perennial sweet peas. There may be some hybridist trying at the moment to produce one, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I have grown these in the past and have put them at the back of the border.

[susieq100]

Damn - thought it was too much to hope for! Thanks for the response Tam.

[mothhawk]

I had a perennial sweet pea in the garden, and when I finally decided I wanted it out, what a job! It had grown roots like a small tree, about 3 inches diameter!

After much digging, I had to use an axe to cut through the roots where they had gone under a concreted path, and for several years it kept coming up again, until I finally resorted to weedkiller on it.

[jackie j]

I have pink everlasting sweetpeas, no smell but wonderful strong flowers and stems. Can let you have some seed to try if you want them.

[Alison]

I sowed some several years ago and they look beautiful every year over an arch in the garden. They tend to flower a bit earlier than my annual ones but as said above, don't smell. I saved some seeds last year which I planted this spring and am currently growing on pots so that I can trail some of them over the lottie shed.