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As the weather warms, sweet peas are preparing to bloom – these essential tasks will help yours to produce glorious, fragrant ...

Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...

One of the blessings of spring is that locally grown English peas are now in our stores. We’re not talking here about flat-bladed snow peas popular in Chinese cuisine, or snap peas that are edible ...

EVERY YEAR, RIGHT around Valentine’s Day, I begin soaking, sprouting and starting seeds, dreaming of the fragrant blossoms to come. This year, I’m tweaking my familiar garden ritual. Earlier this ...

Gardening legend, Monty Don says his favourite easy-to-grow fragrant plant should be planted now - and if you miss out in ...

April babies are lucky enough to have two birth flowers, one of which is the quintessential spring scent: early-blooming and ...