SPERLI Duftwicken Biedermeier-Mischung

Fragrant flowers in many colours on climbing stems 80 to 100 cm tall: a sweet pea mix in the style of old Biedermeier gardens, flowering from July to September.

The story

Origins & history

The sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is native to southern Italy and Sicily. At the end of the 17th century the Sicilian monk Franciscus Cupani sent seeds to England. There it became a fashionable flower in the 19th century, and breeders created a wealth of new colours.

Uses

Its scent is its greatest treasure – on a fence, trellis or obelisk it becomes a fragrant wall of flowers. It thrives in sun or partial shade and needs a support to climb. Please note: sweet pea seeds are not suitable for eating.

Meaning

In the Victorian language of flowers, the sweet pea stood for farewell and for thanks for happy hours. The Biedermeier era, to which the variety name alludes, cherished domestic life, the garden by the door and the colourful bouquet.

A thought for giving

The sweet pea holds on with fine tendrils to anything that offers support, and so climbs towards the light. A thought for people who support one another.

At a glance

• Contents: 1 packet for approx. 20 plants
• Life cycle: annual
• Height: 80–100 cm
• Position: sunny, partial shade
• Sow outdoors: April–May
• Flowering: July–September
• Sowing depth: 1–2 cm
• Germination temperature: 12–15 °C
• Germination time: 7–14 days
• Plant spacing: 10 cm
• Row spacing: 50 cm
• Seed type: loose seed
• Fragrant: yes

How to sow

1. Sow directly where it is to flower in April and May; for a head start, sow single seeds in Jiffy-Quelltöpfe (Jiffy pellets) and plant them out with the root ball.
2. Sow the seeds 1 to 2 cm deep.
3. At a cool 12 to 15 °C they germinate in 7 to 14 days.
4. Plant beside a support in sun or partial shade, 10 cm apart in the row with 50 cm between rows.

Delivery time: 1–2 weeks. Manufacturer: SPERLI GmbH. Seeds, not a plant – the image shows the original packet.

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