Lathyrus chloranthus
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Yellow Sweet Pea
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Unusual yellow sweet pea! |
| Type/Hardiness |
Annual, Climber, Hardy |
| Flowering period |
June-August |
| Height |
4-6ft/1.2-1.8m |
| Light preference |
Full sun |
| Soil preference |
Rich, well-drained |
| Sowing time/depth |
January-March, 0.5in/1cm |
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| An unusual species sweet pea, the small, unscented flowers are green-yellow. I often grow them up loose wigwams made from buddelia sticks inserted into large tubs, underplanted with lobelia, small antirrhinums and perhaps a lantana in the middle. They are also happy scrambling up trellis. |
| Sowing and/or growing instructions |
| Nick the seed coating and sow in spring under glass, half an inch deep (sweet peas need darkness to aid germination) in pots of compost, either singly, or several to a 3in pot, to be pricked out later. Keep moist. Pinch out growing tips when 3 or 4 true leaves have formed. Plant out in a sunny position in rich, moist, soil or compost, providing support in the form of wigwams or netting (unless you wish to treat them as a trailing plant in baskets). Much could be said on the subject of sweet pea growing, but I will mention only the bare bones here - that sweet peas need humus-rich soil, moisture, sunshine and feeding, and regular picking or dead-heading to encourage repeat flowering. Much more information can be found elsewhere online for those who wish to research the subject more thoroughly. |
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