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None scented sweet peas ! I didn’t know you could get none scented. It’s not right .
They still look quite pretty though.
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Perennial sweet peas are unscented and its cheating to call them "sweet" in my view. 
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(23-06-2024, 02:23 PM)Veggie Wrote: Perennial sweet peas are unscented and its cheating to call them "sweet" in my view. I didn’t think they were perennials. That I’d sown. Going to have to rummage in the pot for the label. I think they were one of the packets I won from Mr F’s
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When buying sweet peas, I always check that it says either 'fragrant', 'scented', or best of all 'highly scented' on the packet. Old fashioned, heirloom and Spencer varieties are generally scented, but a lot of the modern varieties have little or no scent. Scent is the whole essence of a sweet pea, so to my mind breeding varieties without scent is a pointless exercise.
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(23-06-2024, 07:00 PM)Small chilli Wrote: (23-06-2024, 02:23 PM)Veggie Wrote: Perennial sweet peas are unscented and its cheating to call them "sweet" in my view. I didn’t think they were perennials. That I’d sown. Going to have to rummage in the pot for the label. I think they were one of the packets I won from Mr F’s
Just had a dig around for label. This is what they are.
https://mr-fothergills.co.uk/products/sw...-pea-seeds
I knew they weren’t our wild sweet peas, but they are wild sweet peas
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I have grown the perennial unscented this year.... sweet peas indoors give me a migraine. I really cannot stand the smell they can be too overpowering... so one smelly one in a bunch with non scented works better for me.
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This one went to the cafe this morning.
It sits next to a little sign encouraging people to stop at my barrow on the way out of the village. Which is a really lovely. I certainly didn’t ask for any sort of promotion.
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Today’s bunch of flowers for the cafe. Definitely not what you would call a conventional selection or colour scheme. Which is fine by me. It may not be liked. But it’ll be noticed.
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That's stunning SC.
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08-08-2024, 11:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2024, 11:25 AM by Small chilli.)
Today’s jam jar flower posy is big and bold. Colour scheme is a little on the loud side, but I don’t mind that.
This on is on my barrow , not at the shop this week.
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