Planting sweet peas in autumn may seem counterintuitive, but it is the best way to get a head start and ensure success if you live in an area that experiences hot summers. Sweet peas hate the heat and quickly peter out when temperatures are in the 90’s and above. Growing sweet peas in autumn gets your plants way ahead of the game and blooming in early spring before that darned heat arrives! Please remember, all parts of the sweet pea plant are toxic.
I LOVE sweet peas! The flowers are so gorgeous, and that fragrance!!! Incomparable! Where I live it is impossible to find sweet pea seedlings available for purchase, so I have no choice but to start my own. I met with lots of failure until I finally figured out the secret. If your sweet pea seeds won’t germinate, try what worked for me….
Am I the only one already dreaming about next year’s sweet pea blooms? I hope not! Ok, maybe I’m just the teeniest bit obsessed with these amazing flowers…but I know that in order to be successful growing sweet peas in my super hot climate (California’s Mojave Desert zone 8b) I need to get plants started this fall. With this in mind, I thought I would do a quick post on the best places to buy sweet pea seeds online.