Gorgeous two-tone flowers! Romantic atmosphere of a flower garden!
The white background of the petals is effectively shaded with cherry stripes.
Climbing, strong and well leafy stems up to 250 cm long. Peduncles are strong, resilient, 25-45 cm long.
Large flowers with a delicate pleasant aroma are collected in a brush. Used for vertical gardening and for cutting.
Agrotechnics.
Sweet peas prefer deeply cultivated, fertile soils. Grows well in open, sunny places, can withstand light shading.
Regular watering and feeding promotes abundant and long-lasting flowering.
Propagated by sowing seeds in open ground in May, pre-soaked in warm water for 24 hours. The seeding depth is 0.5-1.0 cm.
At a soil temperature of +20 ° C, seedlings appear in 6-10 days. The distance between plants is 15-30 cm.
When the plant reaches a height of 10 cm, pinch the top of the shoot and put supports.
Flowering period: from July to frost.
1,0 g = 10-11 seeds.
Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) - Papilionaceae family. Herbaceous climbing plant.
Homeland - Sicily. The history of culture is over 300 years. Pea flowers resemble butterflies, fragrant, with a rich range of colors, collected in multi-flowered brushes.
Flowering begins 50-55 days after sowing and continues up to 40-70 days depending on weather conditions. In cold weather, seeds are not set and the plant continues to bloom until frost. In hot weather, mass setting of seeds is observed, and flowering may stop. To avoid this, to obtain seeds, you should leave a few beans, and regularly remove the rest.
Sweetpea are a light-loving plant. The best soil for planting is light loamy with a high content of organic matter and calcium. Requires daily watering and weekly fertilizing with a flower mixture at the rate of 1 tablespoon per bucket of water throughout the season - from the emergence of shoots to the end of flowering. Seedlings for planting are prepared from seeds that are pre-soaked in hot water (+60 °C). After a day, when they swell, they are transferred to damp sawdust. At a temperature of +18 +20 °C, when the seeds hatch, the roots begin to grow, they are transplanted into pots, placed in a cold place (near the glass on the windowsill), where the temperature does not exceed +10 +12 °C. When the plants reach 10-15 cm in height, the tops are cut by 3-4 cm. They are not thrown away, but planted in the same pot. At the end of April, the seedlings can be planted in the soil of a balcony box. Early planting will ensure the formation of a powerful root system and further rapid growth and abundant flowering of plants.
Sweetpea should be planted with a lump of earth in groups at a distance of 15-20 cm.
Plants need support (strings or netting) to keep the stems upright.
Sweet peas are irreplaceable when we want to decorate, not cover, balcony railings.