Cut Flower
Elegance Lavender Sweet Pea is an early and prolific open-pollinated cultivar of Lathyrus odoratus that brings delicate lavender blooms to gardens in just 75-85 days. This bush-type sweet pea thrives as a cut flower, along arbors, trellises, and cottage garden borders, producing abundant stems perfect for indoor arrangements. With its compact growth habit and requirement for trellis support, it's an elegant choice for vertical gardening that rewards frequent harvesting with continuous floral production throughout the season.
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What sets Elegance Lavender apart is its combination of early flowering and prolific bloom production, it doesn't wait around, and it doesn't stop blooming once it starts. The lavender color brings a sophisticated touch to cottage gardens and cut flower arrangements. This is a variety that actually improves with picking: the more flowers you harvest, the more it produces. Bush growth keeps it manageable without consuming garden space, yet it still needs trellis support to show its best, making it ideal for gardeners who want vertical interest without sprawling vines.
Elegance Lavender Sweet Pea excels as a cut flower, where its early and prolific blooming habit means you'll have fresh stems throughout the growing season. The suggested uses span cottage gardens, arbors, back borders, fences, and trellises, it's a variety designed for ornamental display in prominent garden spaces. The compact bush form makes it practical for border plantings and fence lines where taller climbing types would overwhelm the space.
Sow seeds 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep in darkness into 72-cell flats or deep-cell seedling containers 4-5 weeks before your expected transplanting date. Seeds need darkness to germinate. Seedlings can tolerate a light frost, making them hardy enough for early spring planting.
Transplant seedlings outdoors after they've developed their first true leaves and the danger of heavy frost has passed. Thin seedlings as needed once first true leaves appear.
Direct seed 2-3 seeds every 6 inches at a depth of 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Darkness is required for germination, so cover seeds adequately.
Harvest flowers when half the flowers on a stem are open for maximum vase life and continued production. Regular harvesting actually increases blooms, so don't hesitate to cut stems frequently for indoor arrangements. The more you pick, the more the plant will produce throughout the season.
Pinch growing tips when seedlings reach 6-8 inches tall to encourage denser branching and increase flower production. This early intervention is key to maximizing blooms on this prolific variety.
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