Sweet Peas on a Wire Trellis

Sweet peas are grown for their scent as much as their color. The more often you cut them, the longer they keep flowering, since every picked stem is one less seed pod. Held on by curling tendrils, these climb a wire trellis in a cottage garden and make a soft, cheerful sweet pea jigsaw puzzle. Many gardeners sow them in fall or late winter so they can flower before the summer heat.