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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: MagpieDi on November 01, 2004, 23:02:07

Title: Winter flowering Sweet Peas !
Post by: MagpieDi on November 01, 2004, 23:02:07
Just as an experiment, popped some seeds into a large tub at the end of August. Amazingly, they have reached a metre high and small flower buds are developing !
Might move them into the conservatory, and hopefully a bit of pampering might coax them into flowering over the winter !  ;D
Worth a try d'you reckon??

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/magpiedi/sweetpeas005.jpg)
Title: Re:Winter flowering Sweet Peas !
Post by: Mrs Ava on November 01, 2004, 23:08:56
Definately!  How wonderful will your conservatory smell if they do burst into flower!  Posies of sweet peas on your Christmas table.
Title: Re:Winter flowering Sweet Peas !
Post by: campanula on November 08, 2004, 11:52:54
mmm go for it. I am doing something similar, with humble pot marigolds. i planted them up in August and hoping to get lovely pots in my kitchen - nothing can brighten up the day like the sight of such a cheerful, exuberant little marigold (or a nasturtium, perhaps) when winter skies are dark and drear.
May have a problem keeping the light levels up though.
Suzy
Title: Re:Winter flowering Sweet Peas !
Post by: aquilegia on November 08, 2004, 12:05:16
You must tell us how they get along.

I only sowed my sweet peas about one month ago and they're only just a few inches high. No chance of them flowering til next summer!