Lathyrus odoratus Royal Wedding - Sweet Pea Seeds

Lathyrus odoratus Spencer 'Royal Wedding' is a variety of Sweet Pea from the Spencer series, distinguished by the power of its fragrance, floriferousness, and vigour. 'Royal Wedding', with its cream buds, opens into elegant wavy pure white flowers with a touch of cream white, delightfully fragrant, on long sturdy stems. It is an annual, climbing or creeping, twining plant that quickly covers a large area. It is easily sown and grown in the sun, in fertile and moist soil.

Lathyrus odoratus Spencer 'Royal Wedding' is an annual herbaceous plant of the Fabaceae family, with ancestors originating from southeastern Italy and Sicily. With its tendrils, it can climb or creep up to 2.50 m in height and 40 cm in width in a few months. It bears large white flowers. The leaves are paired on quadrangular stems, with stipules at the base and extending into tendrils. They are light green, somewhat greyish or bluish. Flowering occurs from June-July to August-September, depending on the sowing date. The butterfly-like flowers are large to very large, in axillary clusters. They consist of 5 frizzy petals, with the upper one, also the largest, forming a banner shape, while the others have an intermediate shape between the lip and the tube. They emit a strong, yet delicate fragrance, with a sweet floral aroma with hints of honeyed and musky scents. The fruit is a flat pod that twists to expel its seeds at a distance. It is essential to remove faded flowers, as seed production immediately stops flowering. Sweet peas root deeply in the soil to draw water and nutrients. They thrive in warmth, as well as in rich, loose, and moist soils.

Lathyrus odoratus Spencer 'Royal Wedding' is a variety that will be lovely in ceremonial bouquets. Sweet peas are annual plants that bravely cling their tendrils to numerous supports that they invade in a season, and their charming flowering is essential in the garden. Plant them at the base of a wire fence or a garden shelter. On the ground, in mixed varieties, they form beautiful colourful carpets. They are equally charming in summer beds, using neighbouring plants or bushes as support. Regularly remove the pods that form after the flowers and they will generously bloom throughout the summer. In a cottage garden or vegetable patch, where they appreciate fertile and well-watered soil, they complement columbines, hollyhocks, or foxgloves. They make splendid bouquets. They are majestic in a large hanging basket, cascading in romantic garlands. 'Royal Wedding' is a variety capable of softening bold colour mixes or simply shining alone.