Sweet Pea 'Winston Churchill' Bedding Plants

Sweet Pea 'Winston Churchill' Bedding PlantsNamed after the famous former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill is a vibrant Spencer type Sweet Pea boasting large, ruffled flowers in a sumptuous shade of red. Flowering from June to September, these lightly fragranced flowers have a delicately sweet scent. They are ideal for cut flower arrangements, lasting up to 5 days in a vase indoors. Being climbing plants, Winston Churchill Sweet Peas benefit from a support in the form of a trellis or obelisk

It is a less hardy plant and needs protection against cold in winter

Add a feed of organic mulch to the base of young plants to retain moisture

If you are looking to get 'beach fit' for you summer holiday this year

A tough and hardy shrub

reaching an estimated height and spread of 5 x 3 metres in 20 years

dark green foliage that clumps beneath tall stems which carry clusters of deep purple flowers in Summer with even deeper purple

pendulous racemes of lightly scented

It must never freeze more than around the edges

so all you need to do is find a place for them

Despite its striking appearance

so if they are kept in the sun

This reduces bleaching or fading of the flower petals when in bloom