Sweet Peas are a cottage garden classic producing beautiful
blooms with the most gorgeous scent. You can train them onto a
plant support to create a really impressive column of fragrant,
summer colour, and they make excellent cut flowers. To find out
more about how to grow sweet peas in your garden, read our easy
to follow 'how to' guide below: Growing sweet peas couldn’t be
easier. You can sow them into small pots of compost in autumn
and overwinter the young plants in a cold frame or cool
greenhouse. Or, you can wait until spring and start your sweet
peas in pots, or sow directly into the ground. Before you sow
them you can soak your sweet pea seeds in tepid water to
rehydrate them. It helps them get off to a quicker start but it
isn’t essential as they will still germinate well in moist
compost. If you soak them overnight you will notice that they
swell up and turn a lovely chestnut colour. Use a good quality
compost and sow several seeds to a pot. Sow them about 1cm deep,
cover the seed with compost and w