When I visited my crop of sweet peas this morning I was stunned and delighted by their exuberance and beauty. They are in a full flush of flowering, strong and healthy with plenty more buds developing for blooms well into the summer. It had been wet over night and beads of rain were glistening over the flowers enhancing their many hues and shades, so I indulged in some photography before getting on with weeding and tying up. These sweet peas have been grown entirely outdoors in South Devon, UK. We had a very hot dry May, but since then there has been fairly generous rain interspersed with warm sunny spells. We have another crop in Yorkshire, growing under glass.
The image above shows Nimbus in the foreground. See below for photos of Gwendoline, Mollie Rilstone, Oban Bay and Valerie Harrod. Seed will be harvested in late summer, and new stock should be available from September.
