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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 Ayla Member Reged: 04/22/09 Posts: 10 Loc: WV Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs       #19373 - 04/22/09 12:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Is it a good idea to grow fragrant sweet peas up a lilac. I read the article by Linda Beutler on using shrubs for this purpose. Any ideas if lilac would be ok?? -------------------- Green Blessings Ayla Post Extras:       planterlady Member Reged: 06/01/09 Posts: 1 Re: Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs [Re: Ayla]       #19504 - 06/01/09 01:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Would be very careful - the peas can choke out the lilac and they are very difficult to control once they get a start in your garden. How about putting them in a planter or container and see how it goes. That would eliminate them being evasive!!! Post Extras:       Ayla Member Reged: 04/22/09 Posts: 10 Loc: WV Re: Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs [Re: planterlady]       #19511 - 06/08/09 02:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Hey planterlady Thanks for the reply. I hope I can have that much success with my sweet peas. They got a late start (April)and they are still only about 2 to 3 feet high. I planted old heirloom varieties that are supposed to be more heat tolerant than others. I found 3 locations where they can grow up a fence, a corner of a shed, and a grapevine arbor over an old barn door, rather than a shrub. Hoping to smell the fragrance I've read so much about,in person. Do you know if I will get blooms the first year?? It seems too late for spring blooms now. -------------------- Green Blessings Ayla Post Extras:       wgasastef Member Reged: 06/24/05 Posts: 1 Re: Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs [Re: Ayla]       #19655 - 12/23/09 10:19 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   For sure put them in pots. Someone years ago planted them in the rock garden I have in my yard and now all I have in the rock garden are the sweet peas. They are also everywhere else in the yard and very hard to get rid of. Post Extras:       Sarina_S Member Reged: 04/28/10 Posts: 12 Re: Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs [Re: wgasastef]       #19800 - 05/03/10 08:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   wgasastef is right. They are extremely invasive. I didn't get a small room to plant anything. I dug those out five years ago and still they pop up each and every where. growing vegetables Post Extras:       Ayla Member Reged: 04/22/09 Posts: 10 Loc: WV Re: Fragrant Sweet Peas growing up shrubs [Re: Sarina_S]       #19806 - 05/04/10 11:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I had no idea. Thanks for the heads up. I have about 25 plants that I started from seed. I have them still in the flat. I'm so grateful for your post. I will plant them away from my beds on a bank where they can do their thing. Thanks again and Green Blessings Ayla Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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