Re: perennial sweet peas -Reply

I grow the annuals too, and some do come back
in mild years.  I was not very successful with
them until my old, since deceased gardening
neighbor said they were to be planted by
President's Day (in the States, that means
mid-Feb.) at least in Zone 6b/7a.  Ever since
then, magnificient!  I start pumpkins and
gourds at their base in June, which are then
ready to go when the peas are shutting down in
the heat.

>>> Diane Rice  <drice@doe.state.in.us>
03/02/98 01:16pm >>>
--- On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 09:43:58 -0800 
SUSAN SAXTON 
<SS@Schwabe.com> wrote:
> do the perennial sweet peas have the
legendary
> fragrance?  I could live without the colora
> variations if this is true.
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It's my experience some years ago that the
perennial sweet peas 
do not have any scent and the flowers are
smaller, too.  
Therefore, I do not find them as desirable to
grow.  But I love 
the colors and scent of the annual varieties and
go through the 
efforts to plant them every March 17 as an old
Irish gardener 
friend always did (or as soon as possible after). 
It would be 
easier if they just came back each year. 

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Name: Diane Rice
E-mail: drice@doe.state.in.us
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Date: 03/02/98
Time: 15:13:03

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