Lathyrus odoratus
Annual Sweet Pea
Description
This is an old-fashioned, all time favorite annual. Sweet Pea is a sweet scented, flowering vine for spring and early summer gardens. Seeds are typically planted in winter for a spectacular blooms in red, purple, blue, white, cream, salmon-colored or bi-colored. Sweet Pea can be shrub or vine variety.
Sun
Full, Half
Water
Medium
Growth Rate
Fast, Moderate
Soil Type
Sandy, Loam
Soil Condition
Average, Rich, Well-drained, Moist
Soil pH
Neutral
Adverse Factors
n/a
Fix leaking sprinklers, valves, and pipes.
One broken spray sprinkler can waste 10 gallons per minute - or 100 gallons in a typical 10 minute watering cycle.