It is hard to believe that the history of this amazing variety of sweet pea has not yet been documented. The Gawler variety of sweet pea...

Just look at this beauty!! The sweet peas you are used to growing are known by the botanical name of Lathyrus odoratus. Left is a new one...

This is an excerpt from "Old seed catalogs combined science, marketing, printing arts" by David Christenson. A study of old catalogs...

In 1911 Lord Northcliffe the owner of the Daily Mail offered the colossal prize of £1000 to the amateur gardener who grew the best bunch...

The son of CC Morse of Morse and Co, Lester published Field Notes on Sweet Peas (1917). The majority of this book was a catalogue of all...

We are often asked about the stem length of our Sweet Peas. These are our Gawler Sweet Peas. As you can see long straight stems, extra...

The first cultivars that grew discernibly shorter than traditional sweet peas were noticed in the USA around 1850 (see notes) in the era...

Being a horticulturist is such an interesting and diverse career. Recently a horticultural friend in the UK was asked to create a garden...

We just wanted to show you the difference in Sweet Pea flowers. Heirlooms like America are smaller and have a more simple flower. They...

I bet you can't. It is the plant that is smaller not the flowers.

Henry Eckford (17 May 1823 – 5 December 1905) was a Scots horticulturist and reputedly the most famous breeder of sweet peas,...