Lathyrus odoratus

‘Painted Lady’

PAINTED LADY

HERITAGE SWEET PEAS

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’
PAINTED LADY HERITAGE SWEET PEAS

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’ has the most delicious, sweetest, and most powerful Sweet Pea scent. That only a treasured heritage variety can deliver.
Scentalicious – HIGHLY fragrant

Delicious, sweetest & strongest Sweet Pea scent

‘Painted Lady’ has an intoxicating and irresistible perfume – you just cant get enough of it.
Making it one of the most beloved of all the old fashioned climbing Sweet Peas, since it was first bred around 1737.
No modern Sweet Pea can touch it for perfume.

Treasured heritage Sweet Pea from 1737

So ensuring that it always has been, and always will be, grown and loved, since Henry Echford (a legendary Sweet Pea breeder) swept the gardening world with his revolutionary new breeds.
Despite that fact the the flowers are smaller than modern hybrids, the stems shorter, and it only comes in a set colour scheme.
But all is forgiven – because you cannot be without that perfume.

Striking rose pink standards & pastel pink wings 

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’ also has delightful colouring to match the perfume.
Each bloom has rich rose pink standards, set off by softest pastel pink wings and a white keel.
Then the blooms take on a lavender flush as they mature.

Wonderful cut flowers for perfume & colour 

‘Pained Lady’ provides lovely blooms for a vase, even though the stems are not as long as the stems of modern hot-house Sweet Pea varieties, and the flowers smaller.
But what it lacks in size it makes up for in HUGE scent, old-world charm, and hardy growth.

Hardy low climber

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’ is just the right size climber for any garden, even in a small space.
So plant this hardy climber in Full Sun to Part Shade, on a trellis, fence, or climbing through a supporting shrub.
It will climb to about 1.8 to 2m. and self-twines.

More heat & sun tolerant than moderns

It is more heat and sun hardy than modern varieties.
‘Painted Lady’ enjoys soil with plenty of organic matter and feed, and it really appreciates mulch in the summer.
Though it is more tolerant of adversity them most moderns.

Starts blooming earlier & blooms longer than modern Sweet peas

‘Painted Lady’ begins blooming much earlier than modern Sweet Peas, and continues longer too.

Perfect in a pot

This heritage variety is self-twining, attaching itself to the support or host, scrambling up to about 1.8 to 2m. high all by itself. It does not smother any host shrub.
And it is also perfect for growing in a container on a tripod.

Extended season of blooming

‘Painted Lady’ produces many flowers, and has an extended blooming period – due to it’s greater tolerance to summer heat.

“Cut & Come Again” flower

So the more flowers you cut, the more it produces for even longer.

Quickly raised from seed & easily grown

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’ is easily raised from seed and grows on to flowering size quickly.

Quick & easy germinator

It is easy to gather pea pods of seeds for next year, or you can just let them drop so it sows it’s own crop for next year. The seeds are quick and easy germinators.

Annual climber 1.8 – 2m. High approx. x 30cm. Wide. Self twining.
Please note: Sweet Peas are not edible and are harmful if consumed. They are purely decorative.

SEED SOWING ADVICE: QUICK & EASY
Suitable for beginners & gardening with kids

Can be sown outdoors direct in the garden in autumn, winter or early spring.
OR
Sown indoors in seedling pots at any time when suitable temperatures can be provided (18-20°C).

Indoors & outdoors: First soak the pea seeds in warm (not boiling) water and allow to cool overnight.
Then Pea seeds that are ready to sow will have sunk to the bottom by morning. While any that are not yet ready will be floating.
Should you have any floating seeds – then roughen the hard coat by gently rubbing the seeds between 2 sheets of fine sandpaper, or rubbing between your hands with some grit or sand. Then re-soak overnight again.

Then plant pea seeds 2.5cm. deep. individually in little pots. Deeper pots or tubes are best, as the peas soon develop a long tap root.

Temperatures of 18-20°C. are best for rapid and optimum germination.

Seeds germinate in approx. 14 days. at optimum temperature.

Seed Count: 12 seeds per pack approx.
We always aim to exceed the stated seed count and give a generous serve).

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