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 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 ...

Growing sweet peas is a worthwhile investment, as a flower farmer once told me that sweet peas were her fastest-selling flowers at market. Their success was down to their scent - it’s deeply nostalgic ...

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 ...

With their delicious perfume and myriad of candy-like hues, sweet peas are undeniably one of the best early-summer bloomers. To grow them in your garden, you can either sow some seeds (a wider range ...

Some say the most intoxicating perfume in the world comes from sweet peas. The sweet scent is often described as a mixture of honey and oranges. You can grow sweet peas in your Midwest garden, but you ...

Peas are a dinner staple for most Brits with a huge number being grown over 35,000 hectares in the UK each year. But did you know that growing them yourself at home can be easier and more cost ...

Happy St. Patrick’s weekend; a time for ordinary people to drink beer laced with green dye and for MY people — gardeners — to start their peas. Spring crops like peas and salad greens are difficult to ...

I have a perennial sweet pea on my balcony – it’s in a pot and in a sunny spot with sun from 4pm onwards. I have got some ...

Why do terracotta pots turn white? JOSH: Over time, a white powdery substance can build up on terracotta pots – this is due to calcium and other salts in your water or fertiliser. They make their way ...