I’ve loved sweet peas for as long as I can remember. I mean, who couldn't be obsessed with their ruffled little petals and unrivalled scent? My all-time favorite? 'Matucana,' most probably, a heritage ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...
STANWOOD, Wash. — If you want to grow your own plants or flowers but don't have a green thumb - a new book is here to help! Marryn Mathis is the founder of the Farmhouse Flower Farm in Stanwood. Her ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the blessings of spring is that locally grown English peas are now in our stores. One of the blessings of spring is that locally grown English peas are now in our stores. We’re not talking here ...
Plant sweetpeas this October for an easy, fragrant, and colourful garden that blooms beautifully from spring through summer ...
Q: I’ve tried growing sweet pea flowers, but by the middle of summer the vines turn brown and begin to die before many flowers are produced. Do you have any idea what’s wrong? I love the fragrance of ...
My grandmother grew pink sweet peas to cover tattered tar paper siding on a shed in her tiny garden on the east side of Buffalo. I remember my sister and me picking the flowers and seed pods for ...
Pale lilac sweet peas in the bouquet's center is a fine companion to other homegrown flowers from the writer's garden. As victories go, most would not consider mine significant. Fellow gardeners, ...