SWEET SUCCESS

Autumn-sown sweet peas will give you early pickings. but if your seeds haven’t made it out of the packet yet, you can always capitalise on the growing skills of the team at Easton Walled Gardens. They specialise in these fragrant musthaves (see In Sweet Pea Heaven, CL May 2016), and can supply pots of several large, healthy exhibition-grade plants. Grown outside for four months with protection from frost and mice, their strong root systems will give you a head start on any seeds you sow now. Available in six lovely colour mixes, at £7 per pot (01476 530063; visiteaston.co.uk/shop).