Need some advice about sweetpeas, please? Last year we were lucky in that the kindly Jane from Fern Verrow passed us some spares when we realised that some of the beans on our mixed teepees were a dwarf variety (beurre aguille, yellow and very lovely, though they were), leaving odd gaps. We had so much success with them (they are pictured above and below), that we planted a row all their own and would marvel at their big blousy beauty and fragrance...
Which brings us to this year. We are very keen to grow them again, but are somewhat blinded by the wide variety on offer. Jane gets her seeds from Kings, and a fine supplier they are I am sure, but their website has such a dizzying display on offer that I don't know where to start.
We are looking for a single colour I suspect, probably pink and preferably organic, but above all we're looking for old-school smell (last year's mornings sitting near a small jug of flowers brought back many buried memories).
Any advice (what does grandiflora mean, for instance, are we better to avoid hybrids, should we planting seeds or plugs?) very gratefully accepted. And thanks in advance
