In summer, dusty Washington roadsides are often brightened with rosy sweet peas. A reader wants to know if the roadside sweet peas are garden escapees, and if they’d have stronger scent if grown in ...

Annual sweet peas are, without question, beautiful - but they are also a bother. If you want to grow them properly, you need to go to the lengths described on these pages recently by Carol Klein.

Sweet peas are amongst the most adored garden blooms. Floriferous, gloriously fragrant and available in a dazzling array of colors from softest cream to vibrant violet they never cease to captivate.

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