The middle of March is the time to start growing cool season crops such as peas, sweet peas, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, kale ...

St. Patrick’s Day for gardeners is considered the beginning of the vegetable planting season. Irish potatoes can be planted now. Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennial vegetables to get ...

Sweet peas add a pop of colour to any garden - and Monty Don has reminded gardeners of the best time to begin growing them ...

Toni Farmer, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, provides tips on planting peas, which can ...

Lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage and peas can be planted now. If you want to grow them from seed, start them in a sunny window and move them outside once the seeds germinate. It's easy to plant a ...

Get pruning. Most deciduous trees and shrubs (those that lose their leaves in autumn), including fruit trees, should be ...

Sweet peas are annuals which are raised from seed to flower the same summer and then die. There is a perennial cousin called Lathyrus latifolius, which has pink or white flowers, but unfortunately ...

Few flowers are as nostalgic and charming as ornamental sweet peas, Lathyrus odoratus. Their delicate petals, ruffled blooms, and intoxicating fragrance evoke memories of cottage gardens, ...

Spinach, peas, cilantro, parsley, and root veggies like beets and radish are great plants to grow on cooler days.

Sweet peas have an irresistible perfume and every winter garden should have these wonderful scented, free flowering varieties. If sown this month, sweet peas should start coming into flower in June.