Get your fall vegetable garden on track with planting times, spacing, seed-soaking tips, and Bt controls for cabbage loopers ...

As soon as outdoor temperatures rise, bees are on the hunt for flowers. To satisfy the pollinators, grow this sweet-smelling spring-bloomer that they love.

Despite dire warnings of sweet peas drying out, they are in fact very suitable for growing in a container as long as it is large enough. The equation is simple: the more space there is for the roots ...

Sweet peas are easy-to-grow, hardy annuals. If you live in USDA Zone 7 or warmer, plant them outdoors in late fall. Elsewhere, plant them from late winter to very early spring. The seedlings can ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Q: Your article on sweet peas caught my eye, since they are my favourite flower by scent. I live in a condo in Edmonton that has a wraparound deck facing south and west. I’m not much of a gardener, ...

A summer filled with sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) may be just a dream in November, but you can start to make your dreams come true for next summer by planting seeds now. The combination of our mild ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

You might say daughter-in-law Dawn Meredith Peck has the uncommon sense in this family. Or, at least, an uncommon sense of scent, a pursuit of floral fragrance which has driven her to write three ...

Sweet peas can be temperamental and are prone to bud drop when conditions aren't just right, so successfully cultivating them depends on mastering some basics. For starters, sweet peas don't love the ...