Sweet pea season

Julia Jones
Sweet pea flowers
2021

I really look forward to sweet pea season each year. In March this year I planted the seeds that I’d harvested from last season and they’re still flowering now. The plants grew slowly at first but eventually there was a forest of tall sweet pea plants with a sea of green buds and tiny tendrils.

Waiting for the first flowers was exciting. Just a hint of colour started to peek through here and there and then suddenly there was a field of luminous pink and purple with a magical scent. After a while some pale pink, mauve and burgundy flowers emerged too.

In the upcoming months I’ll be saving the seed for next year. There’s going to be a lot of seed, as there’s a myriad of seedpods on the plants now. Then I’ll be looking forward to the next sweet pea season. I’m sure that I’ll be completely amazed by them all over again when they flower next time.