It also fixates nitrogen in the ground, like a lot of plants of the fabaceae family. It does it with nodules on the roots that host nitrogen-fixing bacteria, as a symbiosis.
Look into mycorhizes, it's the most awesome thing ever. It's a whole class of fungi that collaborates with plants through the roots to send nutrients, protect them against excess of minerals (like calcium), communicates with bacteria that make antibiotics that are then sent to the plants, reach for water that a plant's roots could never reach, allow for plant species to exchange water and nutrients… And in every plot of land there's going to be millions of spores of mycorhizes, so no need to buy them like some companies offer. What triggers their growth is a plant's chemical signal, that it will send when it doesn't have enough nutrients. That's why mass use of fertilizers can make crops weaker, as the plants never need to send those signals, and so they don't grow mycorhizes.
Have a look into "agroecology". There's a lot of free, accessible learning material being published to hasten transition and adaptation to climate change, especially in video form. To that end there's a lot more focus on making (or *letting*) various plant species work together, to increase crop resilience, reduce pestice and fertilizer use, and increase biodiversity. So people are going to talk about nitrogen-fixing plants, mycorhizes (they make up a sort of internet of plants, fungi, and bacteria), plant communities, collaboration between species…
Yes purely decorative. Edible peas will flower but then grow large pods containing peas. Sweet peas are genetically bred to keep putting out blooms, which is what makes them popular in gardens. The peas inside are Blech!
Possibly indecipherable to illiterate individuals with indivisible IQ's.
Doh.
Not even sure if the last is spelled correctly.
That's how indecipherable my mental spectrometer denunciates.
Tee hee.
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purely decorative,
there are 2 kinds though, they might be everlasting peas which dont smell which means they will come back every year. Or sweet peas which smell but dont come back.
Pick the flowers, they will have lots more! they flower more the more you pick.
They don’t smell but they did come back for the 2 nd year. First year there were no flowers. So they meet your definition of the everlasting peas. Thank you!
I seen a show where they use “purple” sweet pea flowers as a food coloring, they would boil them then use the color water to make purple sticky rice, and other sweet like mochi , I’m not sure about these maybe ask around, but I think it’s in the same family
Perennial sweetpeas are lovely..but typically scentless. We have some that refuse to die, so they just do their own thing each year..coming back even after -35 windchill winters.
Fun fact, we're second only to California in agro-diversity. Fresh local apples, pears, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, mulberries, blackberries, every year; the list just goes on and on, not to mention the wine.
If you're incredibly lucky or you have a secret spot, you can even find wild Thimbleberries.
Awww! My grandma used to call me sweet pea when I was little. Thanks for the memory!
(Grandpa, being less sentimental, called us all rugrats. Lovingly, though.)
Mine toooo!! Well, she still does and I’m in my 30’s!!
She’s supposed to be bringing me some sweet pea seeds to plant in the garden of her old house 💞! I can’t wait until this fall 😍💐
Yep. You just planted weeds. My neighbor lets these grow rampant, and they take over my yard because of the birds dropping seeds into mine. They choke everything out if you aren't careful. Sweet peas are pretty, but I still hate them. My husband calls them mean girls. He will pull them out and recite "on Wednesdays we wear pink".
I regret growing sweet peas, I'm pulling them out at the end of this season. So many volunteers popping up all over the yard. My neighbors probably hate me.
We bought a house and one of the previous owners (house was kept in their family) planted this on the edge of a garden bed, so it creeps out into the grass. It’s annoying AF. That bed is entirely bulbs/perrenials and it’s ginormous. We’ll never have the physical strength to dig it all up and start again.
Yes, I love having sweet peas to cut and keep a vase on my table! The more you cut the flowers the more flowers they put out! When they're at their peak I can cut more every day to add to my vase and then just discard the ones that are fading. I've run out of room in my vase in really good seasons!
I think it’s bc they tend to take over native habitats if they get out of hand. Otherwise, I’d kill to have some of these in my yard here in Portland. They’re so pretty! They look like little orchids
I inherited some of these sweet peas from my neighbor. They are pretty but invasive. I let them grow on my fence and then chop them to the ground after they flower. Seems to be keeping them under control.
Sweet peas! Oh I love those, and such a lovely fragrance. Once the blooms fade and they set pods (the pods will pop open), you can harvest the seeds and plant again next year. Enjoy!
Good choice! I love sweet peas. Never knew what they were until I moved to Colorado. Amazing perennials that come back yearly. If you're a collector like me, the seeds make great gifts.
People don't plant them in their garden because they have a tendency to be invasive. They are perennial but also seed vigorously and will spread. Here they are usually allowed to grow wild on the freeway margins where they compete on even terms with wild grasses. In rich garden soil they may launch a successful assault on the whole world.
Oh good god, it’s Vetch. Don’t let it spread. I just spent a week clearing the yard of it. It’s an amazing ground cover, but the second you turn your head it’s grown up and over and into every other plant in your yard. :P
Ornamental sweet pea. Oh they will spread like crazy and take over everything. They’re pretty but be careful what they are around. They will climb up whatever is near them. And the roots just go nuts… we’ve got them in carrots shades of pinks, purple and white. They can be pretty but literally impossible to get rid of.
I take it you are not in the UK or you'd be familiar with Sweet Peas widely grown in gardens for scent and cutting. They come in a multitude of colours and like something to climb up.
These are the kind that look pretty and come back year after year, but they don't smell nice. The other sort of sweet peas are a lot harder to grow but smell extraordinary.
Everlasting sweet peas. The flowers are pretty but have no scent. Similar plant is the annual sweet pea which comes in a large variety of colours & is sweetly perfumed.
Like a lot of legumes, the beans themselves are toxic. There are some that are edible raw (peas), some have to be cooked (kidney beans) and some are still toxic even if cooked (these!).
This is not a sweet pea, but Everlasting Pea, *Lathyrus latifolius,* a beautiful but cheerfully invasive vine. They're not dangerous to the ecosystem that I know of. Not edible like *Pisum sativum* or fragrant like *Lathyrus odoratus.*
I live having sweet peas it attracts so many bees and butterflies, but it can take over, it's fine for me cause I have a huge area along my house where it's just irises against the house then my clover/lawn mix...
They are sweet peas! Don’t eat them, though, as they are toxic. They used to grow on the hill by our farm. They are hardy and beautiful. I used to love visiting them!
These are the darlings of the 19th century. They grow wild will reseed by themselves. Not planted so much anymore but in New England especially along the coast they are still considered one of the hallmark flowers of old gardens. I love seeing them on trellises down east
Sweet peas. Lovely scent, beautiful flowers and when they are done the dried seed pods will crack open and reseed the area.
The flowers and stems make a great addition to a vase of flowers.
Sweet peas. We have them growing all over our fence in Michigan. Perennial.
Ah. But they’re not those edible sweet peas like 🫛 from the store? Purely decorative?
As far as I know, they are just ornamental.
It also fixates nitrogen in the ground, like a lot of plants of the fabaceae family. It does it with nodules on the roots that host nitrogen-fixing bacteria, as a symbiosis.
I’m a relatively new farmer and my dad always says beans are a nitrogen fixer but never elaborates. Cool knowledge!
Look into mycorhizes, it's the most awesome thing ever. It's a whole class of fungi that collaborates with plants through the roots to send nutrients, protect them against excess of minerals (like calcium), communicates with bacteria that make antibiotics that are then sent to the plants, reach for water that a plant's roots could never reach, allow for plant species to exchange water and nutrients… And in every plot of land there's going to be millions of spores of mycorhizes, so no need to buy them like some companies offer. What triggers their growth is a plant's chemical signal, that it will send when it doesn't have enough nutrients. That's why mass use of fertilizers can make crops weaker, as the plants never need to send those signals, and so they don't grow mycorhizes.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Ooh, this is excellent knowledge you’re droppin. TY!
Have a look into "agroecology". There's a lot of free, accessible learning material being published to hasten transition and adaptation to climate change, especially in video form. To that end there's a lot more focus on making (or *letting*) various plant species work together, to increase crop resilience, reduce pestice and fertilizer use, and increase biodiversity. So people are going to talk about nitrogen-fixing plants, mycorhizes (they make up a sort of internet of plants, fungi, and bacteria), plant communities, collaboration between species…
Plants truly communicate with each other, even between species, biochemically. Beautiful system.
These are called everlasting pea in the UK. Sweet peas here are the similar looking fragrant annuals that come in lots of colours.
Yes purely decorative. Edible peas will flower but then grow large pods containing peas. Sweet peas are genetically bred to keep putting out blooms, which is what makes them popular in gardens. The peas inside are Blech!
Sweet peas are indelible and poisonous it’s confusing Edit: I meant inedible lol
You likely meant inedible.
Yes I totally did 😅 my keyboard is in another language
They are also indelible, and indemnified.
Possibly indecipherable to illiterate individuals with indivisible IQ's. Doh. Not even sure if the last is spelled correctly. That's how indecipherable my mental spectrometer denunciates. Tee hee. 👅
who named them??
The same person who named a green land Iceland and an ice land as Greenland
Colour blind or Lactose intolerant?
Decorative sweet peas have fuzzy pods. Edible peas have smooth pods. You definitely have sweet peas (ornamental)
very helpful !!
Is that why you’re not supposed to eat the edamame pods and just the beans, bc the outside is fuzzy?
That I do not know the answer too haha but I’m about to look it up.
Yes, please don’t eat the pods they are toxic.
purely decorative, there are 2 kinds though, they might be everlasting peas which dont smell which means they will come back every year. Or sweet peas which smell but dont come back. Pick the flowers, they will have lots more! they flower more the more you pick.
They don’t smell but they did come back for the 2 nd year. First year there were no flowers. So they meet your definition of the everlasting peas. Thank you!
I'm in the PNW and these are wonderfully invasive in my area. They grow wild and are absolutely gorgeous this time of year. My favorite!!
Ornamental only
Their seeds can be poisonous if you eat them in bulk. So don’t do that.
Poisonous. They are perennials if unscented.
They're poisonous!! No eaties.
Not edible.
I seen a show where they use “purple” sweet pea flowers as a food coloring, they would boil them then use the color water to make purple sticky rice, and other sweet like mochi , I’m not sure about these maybe ask around, but I think it’s in the same family
That's a different plant called butterfly pea.
Totally different flower, I see , thanks you learn something new everyday 💪
Wait. A perennial? I always thought they were annuals.
Perennial sweetpeas are lovely..but typically scentless. We have some that refuse to die, so they just do their own thing each year..coming back even after -35 windchill winters.
They actually like that cold, it helps to crack the seed for germination. Hence Michigan's lush sweet peas
Fun fact, we're second only to California in agro-diversity. Fresh local apples, pears, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, mulberries, blackberries, every year; the list just goes on and on, not to mention the wine. If you're incredibly lucky or you have a secret spot, you can even find wild Thimbleberries.
I plant from seed every year, I let them go to seed at the end of the season. They've never come back for me, maybe it's zone dependent?
I think they are both. Yes, plants come from their root stock (perennial) but they also seed themselves in new places from their plentiful seeds.
I don't know if it's just the Michigan ones but they're tanks in my part of Michigan as well.
I’m a Michigander too. See them all over in Michigan. Seem to like water areas the best.
Awww! My grandma used to call me sweet pea when I was little. Thanks for the memory! (Grandpa, being less sentimental, called us all rugrats. Lovingly, though.)
I still call my (16, 11, 7-year old) boys “Sweet pea”. I’ve never seen the plant before!
We were apple knockers to grandpa.
lol my grandma used to call us a “horse’s necktie”. I think it meant annoying but really no idea
There's got to be an explanation for that turn of phrase...
Mine toooo!! Well, she still does and I’m in my 30’s!! She’s supposed to be bringing me some sweet pea seeds to plant in the garden of her old house 💞! I can’t wait until this fall 😍💐
Yep. You just planted weeds. My neighbor lets these grow rampant, and they take over my yard because of the birds dropping seeds into mine. They choke everything out if you aren't careful. Sweet peas are pretty, but I still hate them. My husband calls them mean girls. He will pull them out and recite "on Wednesdays we wear pink".
I regret growing sweet peas, I'm pulling them out at the end of this season. So many volunteers popping up all over the yard. My neighbors probably hate me.
We bought a house and one of the previous owners (house was kept in their family) planted this on the edge of a garden bed, so it creeps out into the grass. It’s annoying AF. That bed is entirely bulbs/perrenials and it’s ginormous. We’ll never have the physical strength to dig it all up and start again.
Lathyrus latifolius, everlasting pea.
An eterni-pea
Beauty in perpeatuity
That was on the first Adam Sandler album, wasn't it?
Sweet peas!
Sweet peas are purely ornamental. Do not eat. Enjoy their beauty as they climb your fence and bloom.
Sweet peas. Gorgeous and with a beautiful scent. Very pretty for flower arrangements in the home.
Sweet peas I think. Pretty
I loved them in my city yard. They did overtake and smother nearby plants like azaleas and roses… but they can obscure an ugly fence.
It looks like a praying mantis orgy.
Sweet/everlasting peas and fun fact the seeds and seed pods are toxic to humans with large quantities ingested. So definitely ornamental only.
Broad-leaved sweet pea.
Don’t eat
I love sweet peas
My husband is allergic, but if you’re not, then I wouldn’t worry too much about them.
Sweet peas. I planted some this year to grow up my fencing and bring in native bees.
Yea, pollinators love em.
Those are wild peas 🫛 they are beautiful! I have them in my garden.
everlasting peas
Sweet peas
Edible peas have white flowers and do not have the hedonic sweet smell that sweet peas have.
Yes, let them grow! If you get enough, the flowers look good in a bouquet or by themselves in a little vase
Yes, I love having sweet peas to cut and keep a vase on my table! The more you cut the flowers the more flowers they put out! When they're at their peak I can cut more every day to add to my vase and then just discard the ones that are fading. I've run out of room in my vase in really good seasons!
Really? The more you cut the more they blossom?
That's how I understand it. If you don't cut the blooms they put the energy into making seeds, but when you cut them they make more flowers.
Hey cool
So pretty!
Pretty wildflower but invasive and unscented, so might be difficult to restrain or confine to one area.
We call em wild peas in California. Eating them will make you sick.
I remember the aroma, heavenly.
Perrenial sweet peas!!! Absolutely awesome flowers and so few people grow them anymore.
I think it’s bc they tend to take over native habitats if they get out of hand. Otherwise, I’d kill to have some of these in my yard here in Portland. They’re so pretty! They look like little orchids
Yea, just gotta monitor their growth, like i do with morning glories. Bc I love them.
Sweet peas flowers have strong scent
They’re sweet peas. They’re an old timey favorite.
Invasive though
I planted some of these about 35 years ago and can't get rid of them. I planted all the things that want to take over the world!
You found your talent!
The bees and humming birds like my place.
I inherited some of these sweet peas from my neighbor. They are pretty but invasive. I let them grow on my fence and then chop them to the ground after they flower. Seems to be keeping them under control.
Good to know since I planted some in my front yard this year!
Sweet peas! Oh I love those, and such a lovely fragrance. Once the blooms fade and they set pods (the pods will pop open), you can harvest the seeds and plant again next year. Enjoy!
I love sweet peas!
Sweet peas and they dry well for flower arranging!
I love sweet peas! But the last batch I planted some bug ate them. Yurs are beautiful!!
combine them with a handful of morning glory seeds on a fence..and you'll be amazed! Happy growing
I have these in Colorado they come back every year. I don't eat them.
Beautiful in a bouquet!!
Sweet pea is incredibly difficult to maintain and is considered invasive in the PNW
Good choice! I love sweet peas. Never knew what they were until I moved to Colorado. Amazing perennials that come back yearly. If you're a collector like me, the seeds make great gifts.
They look like sweet peas. A very old fashioned garden flower.
People don't plant them in their garden because they have a tendency to be invasive. They are perennial but also seed vigorously and will spread. Here they are usually allowed to grow wild on the freeway margins where they compete on even terms with wild grasses. In rich garden soil they may launch a successful assault on the whole world.
Oh good god, it’s Vetch. Don’t let it spread. I just spent a week clearing the yard of it. It’s an amazing ground cover, but the second you turn your head it’s grown up and over and into every other plant in your yard. :P
Thank you! I’ll keep an eye on them.
Ornamental sweet pea. Oh they will spread like crazy and take over everything. They’re pretty but be careful what they are around. They will climb up whatever is near them. And the roots just go nuts… we’ve got them in carrots shades of pinks, purple and white. They can be pretty but literally impossible to get rid of.
The flowers are gorgeous
April birthday flower
Sweet peas.. brilliant perennial.. do not eat but harvest the seed pods and propagate for next year 👏🏻
Lol... Came here to say sweet peas! So cute
perennial sweet pea. No scent but comes back each year. Still pretty and good for bees. Can be a thug.
Then grow like weeds in my yard
Sweet pea, they’re pretty but can grow and spread VERY fast so many will consider them a weed. I just plucked 3 new shoots out of my garden yesterday.
I take it you are not in the UK or you'd be familiar with Sweet Peas widely grown in gardens for scent and cutting. They come in a multitude of colours and like something to climb up.
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These are the kind that look pretty and come back year after year, but they don't smell nice. The other sort of sweet peas are a lot harder to grow but smell extraordinary.
Everlasting sweet peas. The flowers are pretty but have no scent. Similar plant is the annual sweet pea which comes in a large variety of colours & is sweetly perfumed. Like a lot of legumes, the beans themselves are toxic. There are some that are edible raw (peas), some have to be cooked (kidney beans) and some are still toxic even if cooked (these!).
This is not a sweet pea, but Everlasting Pea, *Lathyrus latifolius,* a beautiful but cheerfully invasive vine. They're not dangerous to the ecosystem that I know of. Not edible like *Pisum sativum* or fragrant like *Lathyrus odoratus.*
Super invasive and quite toxic to livestock.
It looks sorta like bleeding hearts to me. My mom has some that have came back for years
Sweet pea!
sweet pea - great in full sun
Sweet pea
Sweet peas, I love them.
I live having sweet peas it attracts so many bees and butterflies, but it can take over, it's fine for me cause I have a huge area along my house where it's just irises against the house then my clover/lawn mix...
Shit, these are toxic? I love picking the flowers and eating them.
I think they’re wild sweet pea
Yup. They are sweet flowers though.
Sweet Peas - very pretty. My mom used to buy them at the flower shop.
They are sweet peas! Don’t eat them, though, as they are toxic. They used to grow on the hill by our farm. They are hardy and beautiful. I used to love visiting them!
These are the darlings of the 19th century. They grow wild will reseed by themselves. Not planted so much anymore but in New England especially along the coast they are still considered one of the hallmark flowers of old gardens. I love seeing them on trellises down east
I had them growing in my backyard as a kid... thought they were regular peas.. i would chew on the stems for some reason.. how am i alive?
Sweet peas! Undoubtedly, my favourite smelling flower.
Sweet peas. Lovely scent, beautiful flowers and when they are done the dried seed pods will crack open and reseed the area. The flowers and stems make a great addition to a vase of flowers.
I’ve got them! Sweet peas, mine have no scent. Very vigorous growth constantly cutting them back.
They are not invasive. Just be sure to cut them back in the fall
Sweet pea. I love them and have been trying to grow them here in SW desert. No luck.
It’s a weed!
Probably because outside of Michigan you rarely see them. Love these guys.
Mama always had them in Louisiana, because they were my favorite. I don’t remember that they were perennial, though, maybe too hot.
They're common weeds here in Denver, though they don't get enough moisture to get too out of control.
??? They're everywhere in Southern US too.. especially north Florida-south Georgia
I had 'em all over my fence in San Diego. They smelled great.