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Lathyrus latifolius |
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| Common name |
perennial sweet pea |
| Family |
fabaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-7) |
| Flowers |
purple |
| Size |
climbs up to 8ft |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
well drained soil |
| Seed ripens | extended period, starting late July |
Vine clambers through neighboring plants, giving splashes of bright magenta color in unexpected places. Forms a strong taproot – yank volunteers (if you don't want them) before they get too well established.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Patricia Albano | Aug 11, 2005 | I am looking for this plant, the perennial sweet pea, in this color and in white. This is the first time that I've visited your website and you have quite a selection. If I chose this plant, how would it arrive? As seeds or a small plant..
My "selection" consists of the plants growing in my garden - they're not all for sale, and I'm not a nursery. However, I can trade (or sell) seed for the common purple variety - see my about seed page for a bit more information. |
| gary boucher,sr | May 22, 2011 | I bought my wife a sweet pea ivy plant a couple of years ago, now it has taken over everything that it was planted near. How do i remove this plant with out hurting all the others, raspberry's, blueberry's, strawberry's. Any help you could send me will be greatly appreciated.
Yes, I know the aggressive ways of this plant... The seedlings aren't too hard to dig up when small. Even larger plants I will usually attack by digging, trying to get as much of the taproot as possible. Although I haven't tried, I would guess that an application or two of Roundup would work against plants that are for whatever reason more difficult to dig up. |
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