species
Lathyrus odoratus
Sweet pea
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Lathyrus odoratus is a annual in the family Fabaceae, also known as Sweet pea, introduced to the UK. It reaches 2 m tall and 40 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to August. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 2 m tall × 40 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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