Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds

Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds
Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds produce a vigorous climbing sweet pea with an outstanding mix of bold colours, stripes, and bicolours, delivering vibrant garden displays and fragrant cut flowers throughout the season.

Key Features

• Climbing sweet pea with a striking, varied colour range

• Features eye-catching stripes, bicolours, and bold solid shades

• Hardy annual suitable for sowing directly where it is to flower

• Produces fragrant blooms ideal for garden and vase displays

• Perfect for trellis, fences, and vertical garden features

• Flowers from May to October

Detailed Description

Mr Fothergills Sweet Pea Big Top Seeds are ideal for gardeners who want maximum visual impact alongside classic sweet pea fragrance. This vigorous climbing variety produces a spectacular mix of colours, including striped petals, bicolour combinations, and rich solid shades that create a lively and eye-catching display. As a hardy annual, Big Top can be sown directly where it is to flower and grows enthusiastically up trellis, netting, or canes, making it perfect for adding height and structure to borders and garden features. The fragrant blooms are also excellent for cutting, bringing colour and scent indoors while encouraging continued flowering outdoors. Easy to grow and rewarding, this variety delivers reliable performance throughout the season.

Specifications

• Brand: Mr Fothergills

• Product Type: Flower seeds

• Plant Name: Sweet Pea Big Top

• Botanical Name: Lathyrus odoratus

• Plant Class: Hardy annual

• Growth Habit: Climbing

• Flower Colour: Mixed (striped, bicolour, and solid shades)

• Height: Up to 180cm (6ft)

• Position: Full sun

• Suitable For: Trellis, fences, containers, cut flowers

Care & Usage Tips

• Sow indoors JanuaryMarch or SeptemberOctober for best results

• Sow outdoors AprilMay directly where plants are to flower

• Sow seeds 1.5cm deep in well-drained soil

• Protect seedlings from birds using short twigs

• Autumn sowings should be overwintered in cool, frost-free conditions

• Provide strong supports such as canes or netting

• Pick flowers regularly to prolong the flowering season

Why We Think Youll Love

This sweet pea variety offers an exceptional colour range, reliable climbing growth, and classic fragrancemaking it a standout choice for gardeners seeking bold, long-lasting displays and high-quality cut flowers with minimal effort