Lathyrus latifolius 'White Pearl'
everlasting sweet pea
This climber is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: June to September
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Ever popular, this plant is smothered in showy clusters of pure white, sweet pea-like flowers from June to September among grey-green leaves. A vigorous, perennial climber, it looks lovely scrambling over a sunny wall or through a hedge or evergreen shrub, although initially it needs to be tied into supports. Unlike the annual sweet pea, it has no fragrance. - Garden care: Incorporate lots of well-rotted organic matter in the planting hole. Pinch out the shoot tips to encourage bushy growth and tie in new shoots to a support. It will self-seed but not necessarily come true, so it is best to deadhead any pods. Cut back the plant to ground level in early spring.
- Humans/Pets: Pods and seeds are not edible
Goes well with...
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Sweet pea obelisk with bird bowl - Crocus green
Ø61 × H113cm
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osmanthus
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Clematis 'Gipsy Queen'
late large flowered clematis (group 3) (syn. Jackmanii Superba)
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Clematis 'Bill MacKenzie'
orange peel clematis (group 3) (syn. Clematis orientalis Bill MacKenzie)
3 litre pot | 60cm cane
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Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'
early large flowered clematis (group 2)
3 litre pot | 60cm cane
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Clematis macropetala
clematis (group 1)
3 litre pot | 60cm cane
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Garden maypole plant support
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Sweet pea support rings - pack of 50