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Lathyrus Odoratus 'Dorothy Eckford'

Lathyrus odoratus 'Dorothy Eckford' is good old-fashioned white sweet pea. 8/10 scent.

No garden is complete without sweet peas. Grow them over arches, tepees and trellis and plant them with your runner beans to draw lots of insect pollinators

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Lathyrus odoratus ' Dorothy Eckford' is good old-fashioned white sweet pea. 8/10 scent.

No garden is complete without sweet peas. Grow them over arches, tepees & trellis & plant them with your runner beans to draw lots of insect pollinators into your veg patch.

Sweet peas are all easy to grow & will fill your garden & house with the best scent ever.

  • RHS Award of Garden Merit

Genus: Lathyrus odoratus Variety ' Dorothy Eckford' Sweet Pea Type: Hardy annual Sowing: Sow November-March undercover in rootrainers or long thin pots. Push 2 well spaced seeds about 2.5cm below the compost surface. When roots fill rootrainers, pot on two seedlings into a 2 litre pot. Site: Deep, humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun.
Height:
2 metres (6ft) Spacing: 2 plants to a vertical Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Remove the climbing tendrils as they grow. Tie the stem into your framework on a regular basis. Flowers: ❀ May
- August (autumn sown) For the vase: Avoid direct sunlight & heat.

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Litre - A unit of volume equivilent to 1000 Mililitres
White - A colour combining all colours
Vase - A open container mainly used to hold cut flowers
August - The third season of the year after summer, before winter.
Garden - An outside area with grass and foliage
Heat - A term used to define thermal energy
Metres - A unit of measure, one metre equals 100 centimetres
Seeds - A small embryonic plant within a casing. Used to grow plants
garden - A planned space used for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
sun - A star at the centre of the solar system.
Scent - The smell of something. Perfume has a strong scent.
Autumn - A season which falls between summer and winter.
Trellis - A wooden frame which separates sections off and can be used to support vegetation.

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Sarah Raven
Sarah Raven is an expert on plants, and how to grow vegetables and herbs in your own garden for use in cooking. As a presenter on BBC's Gardener's World and a cooking and gardening writer and broadcaster, Sarah Raven has expert knowledge on how to grow, what to grow and when to grow it. At sarahraven.com you can purchase seeds, bulbs, plants, gardening tools, kitchen equipment and home ware. Following her expert advice you can grow vegetables, herbs, salad leaves and fruits. The website stocks all the accessories you could possibly need to take your produce from the garden to the kitchen. You can purchase flower pots, grow bags, garden tools, plant food and watering equipment. Once you have grown your produce you can also buy vases, kitchen ware and items to harvest your produce. The website is full of hints and tips to help you to achieve a thriving garden. With a wealth of experience, Sarah Raven has created a website that fulfils all your gardening needs.
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