Grow guide
How to grow Sweet Pea Cupani's Original
Lathyrus odoratus
- Type
- Sweet pea
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 84–105 days
- Spacing
- 6″ apart
- Density
- 4 per sq ft
- Habit
- Climbing
- Frost tolerance
- Half hardy
- Sowing
- direct/transplant
- Start indoors
- 6 weeks before last frost
Care
- Harvest 2x/week in season
- Trellis As needed
- Pinch As needed
Notes
Oldest known sweet pea (circa 1699); intensely fragrant bicolor of deep maroon and violet on 5-6' vines; sow early in cool weather.
More sweet pea varieties
Grows well nearby
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