Super scented

A bunch of sweet peas is one of the sweetest, freshest scents of all. Old-fashioned varieties have the strongest perfumes. There are lots of beautiful varieties to try. Sow sweet peas in autumn to flower in early spring or in spring for summer flowers if your winter is very cold and frosty.

COUNT THE DAYS

Peas are ready to pick about 70 days after you sow the seed. Check the packet to find out the days to maturity for your variety and make a mark on the calendar. Sow a batch of seed every second week so you'll be picking peas for months! Peas love growing in cool soil but they don't like frost. If your winter is very cold sow peas in spring.

FUN FACT!

Peas are legumes, which means they have a special power: Special ‘nitrogen fixing' microbes that live in their roots take nitrogen gas from the air and turn it into food for plants. Dig your old pea plants into the soil to feed your next vege crop.