Fort William is one of the oldest and first fur trading posts in Canada and North America, and it has only grown since that time. This city is made out of two older cities: Fort William and Port Arthur, amalgamated in the 1970s. Whenever you take a trip to Northern Ontario, the main hub is Thunder Bay. Plant Bijou or Knee High sweet peas, and your garden will sing bubblegum music: Oh, Sweet Pea, come on and dance with me.The Sleeping Giant from the The Bluffs in Thunder Bay March 2018 – original photo by Piercing Moon Creations Dry the pea pods and gently remove the hard seeds.
After the leaves fade, let some of the flowers mature and form seedpods. You can easily save seeds to plant next year. A good tomato fertilizer works well on most flowering plants. Adding too much nitrogen will make your sweet peas grow lots of leavers and few flowers. Pick flowers early in the day, because this is when they will be most fragrant.įertilize with an organic fertilizer meant for flowering plants. Keeping them picked means the plants will put energy into more flowers rather than going to seed. Once your Knee High or Bijou sweet peas flower, keep picking them to encourage more blooms. Mulching sweet peas will help hold in soil moisture and keep their roots cool. To discourage mildew, thin the plants so plenty of air can circulate. Sweet peas can be slow to germinate, so don't be alarmed if they take up to two weeks to sprout. You can sow sweet peas indoors a month or two before the last frost and set the plants out when you can work the garden. Plant the seeds 1 inch deep, about 3 inches apart. Eating flowering sweet peas can cause lathyrism, leading to convulsions and even paralysis. Never mix sweet peas with edible garden peas, because all parts of the sweet pea plant are poisonous.
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Sweet peas grow best in full sun to light shade, and they need rich, well-drained soil a pH of 6-7 is ideal. You can also gently nick the seeds with a nail file to help break their tough outer skin. Soak the seeds in water overnight to help them sprout. The seeds are large, so they are perfect for a children's garden project. Plant the seeds before your last frost, as soon as you can dig the soil. Looks are deceiving, and delicate sweet peas are very hardy and can tolerate frosts. Planting sweet pea seeds early is the key to success. In many cultures, sweet peas are believed to possess magical properties that strengthen your wisdom and give you spiritual power. The flowers have the stunning fragrance of the best sweet peas. The adorably compact sweet pea vine is perfect for even the smallest garden.īijou sweet peas and their relatives the also-compact Knee High sweet peas bloom in every color imaginable, including reds, pinks, whites and blues. The fragrant flowers will attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. They are resistant to deer, rabbits and other herbivores. Their compact habit makes them ideal for low borders, hanging baskets and pots. Bijou Sweet Peas are bushy, non-vining flowers that do not need a trellis. So, it is no surprise that breeders mixed “sweet peas” and Bijou as the name of dwarf sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). “Bijou,” originally a French word meaning “jewel” or “bauble,” used to be one of the most common theater names in the country. Army, Tommy Roe had his first Top 40 hit in two years with his bubblegum music song “Sweet Pea.”
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