Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds
Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds produce a vigorous climbing sweet pea with an outstanding mix of bold colours, stripes, and bicolours, delivering vibrant garden displays and fragrant cut flowers throughout the season.
Climbing sweet pea with a striking, varied colour range
Features eye-catching stripes, bicolours, and bold solid shades
Hardy annual suitable for sowing directly where it is to flower
Produces fragrant blooms ideal for garden and vase displays
Perfect for trellis, fences, and vertical garden features
Flowers from May to October
Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds are ideal for gardeners who want maximum visual impact alongside classic sweet pea fragrance. This vigorous climbing variety produces a spectacular mix of colours, including striped petals, bicolour combinations, and rich solid shades that create a lively and eye-catching display. As a hardy annual, Big Top can be sown directly where it is to flower and grows enthusiastically up trellis, netting, or canes, making it perfect for adding height and structure to borders and garden features. The fragrant blooms are also excellent for cutting, bringing colour and scent indoors while encouraging continued flowering outdoors. Easy to grow and rewarding, this variety delivers reliable performance throughout the season.
Brand: Mr Fothergills
Product Type: Flower seeds
Plant Name: Sweet Pea Big Top
Botanical Name: Lathyrus odoratus
Plant Class: Hardy annual
Growth Habit: Climbing
Flower Colour: Mixed (striped, bicolour, and solid shades)
Height: Up to 180cm (6ft)
Position: Full sun
Suitable For: Trellis, fences, containers, cut flowers
Sow indoors JanuaryMarch or SeptemberOctober for best results
Sow outdoors AprilMay directly where plants are to flower
Sow seeds 1.5cm deep in well-drained soil
Protect seedlings from birds using short twigs
Autumn sowings should be overwintered in cool, frost-free conditions
Provide strong supports such as canes or netting
Pick flowers regularly to prolong the flowering season
This sweet pea variety offers an exceptional colour range, reliable climbing growth, and classic fragrancemaking it a standout choice for gardeners seeking bold, long-lasting displays and high-quality cut flowers with minimal effort
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