"Time for Sweet Pea Planting".....

Hi Friends, I know this hardly seems like an Autumn post, but it actually is for at least some of us. For those of us in the warmer climates, it is time to plant your "sweet peas"!.....I'm sure you are all very familiar with these old-fashioned, sweet-smelling flowers, that are delicate to look at,....but quite easy to grow!
The seed catalogs are filled with many varieties of sweet peas. Tall climbing sweet peas & short bushy ones,...all in the most romantic colors!....I have always preferred the climbing varieties, which grow beautifully on garden teteurs or along wire or string trellises. There is just something so enchanting about seeing these thin, little sprout-lets, reaching toward the support of a wire & winding their tiny tendrils around, pulling themselves up to the sunshine!.....

Sweet peas love mild temperatures, nothing too hot,.... so like I mentioned above, it is the perfect time here in California & anywhere with warm winters, to purchase your seeds & get them in the ground!.....The cool temps, give these seeds the perfect start....allowing them to grow all winter long. Usually then in February, your sweet peas will be covering your trellis with dozens of blooms!....All ready to be picked & brought inside for the most darling flower arrangements!
What a perfect way to welcome in early spring!....
So if you're like me, feeling a bit sorry for myself,.... without the huge display of Fall foliage, or the idea of a white winter, you can rejoice in the fact that in a few months time, you will be filling your home with bunches & bunches of glorious sweet peas!
Order or purchase your sweet pea seeds now!...You will be so very happy you did!

Happy planting!.......

heidi xo