Our tips have all the information you need. To start encouraging your sweet pea plants to produce seeds, you need to stop deadheading the flowers towards the end of the growing season, in late ...

plant seeds in cold frames or high tunnels or add a heavy layer of mulch or a frost blanket to protect young seedlings from freezing air. Whatever method you choose for starting sweet pea vines ...

Make sure you wipe your knife or secateurs between cutting each plant to prevent diseases from spreading. Secure the sweet pea to its cane with string, garden twine or special sweet pea rings.

Sow seeds in a cold frame in autumn or straight into the ground in spring, and you'll be eating sweet, tender peas straight ... ensuring there's enough space for plant supports.

This new flower will have a Welsh name for the first time since the sweet pea arrived in Britain 300 years ago. John Rowlands, originally from Bala, has been growing sweet peas on his Denbighshire ...