Scent-sational sweet peas.(vegetable gardening)(Brief Article)

From: Sunset | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Here are 16 of the most fragrant varieties you can grow from seed

Few garden plants stir the senses like sweet peas. Sniff a billowy bunch, and you expect a delightful, spicy-sweet scent to greet you.

Which are the most fragrant sweet peas you can grow? To find out, we grew dozens of varieties in Sunset's test garden in Menlo Park, California, and interviewed growers such as Patricia Sherman, whose Fragrant Garden Nursery in Oregon specializes in old-fashioned and Spencer sweet peas. The best varieties are listed on these pages. Plant one or several in your garden this ...

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