Tuesday, July 24, 2012

the sweet pea ...Old Spice Mix



Lathyrus odoratus, Old Spice mix, is an  heirloom collection of the sweetest sweet peas ! These are loving growing up my cyclone fence. These are amazing ! Fragrant fragrant and oh so very fragrant flowers. I started them in late February, after enriching the soil with chicken manure. By July, most Sweet Peas are all done and over.
They took a while to start after sprouting....they seemed to just languish in March and April....then in May they really started growing.... I should have planted more...one pkg is pretty Scotch........I only got about a 4' run...but I'll grow this variety Old Spice, again and again. .....Look at the colors! A 2 tone purple cutie...


Bright pink in a mottled pattern....




 Mottled and rather ombre pink......these are so great !




 These are bright neon pink raspberry ! 
and lastly..... a blurry pink and white mottled sweet pea...
I'm telling ya....this is a great package...
I bought these locally, they're Territorial Seed Company, from Cottage Grove OR. Clicky this link for all the info you need to grow these beauties.....