Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) will create a beautiful spring display — as long as you start sowing this plant in late winter or early spring. Sweet pea is an annual flower with a perfectly apt ...

Make sure you wipe your knife or secateurs between cutting each plant to prevent diseases from spreading. Secure the sweet pea to its cane with string, garden twine or special sweet pea rings.

Plant your sweet peas, one per support. Toby used a highly scented old fashioned sweet pea called ‘Matucana’.