Sweet Pea 'Blue Shift'

'Blue Shift' is a color-changing sweet pea that ages from purple-violet to shades of mauve and blue. The breeder says, "This is the 'bluest' colour that exists currently in sweet peas." This marvelous variety also has a strong fragrance.

Sweet Pea 'Blue Shift' was bred by Dr. Keith Hammett of New Zealand, whose work focuses on creating highly fragrant, heat-tolerant sweet peas that perform well in gardens. 'Blue Shift' certainly grew well for us and produced an abundance of seeds, despite an extraordinarily hot summer.

Type: Spencer

Fragrance rating: 4/5

height 6'

Sowing Sweet Pea Seeds

Start seeds indoors or sow outdoors 8 weeks before the last frost date, 1/2" deep and 4" apart. In the south, sow in late fall. If starting in pots, move to a sheltered location outside when most of the seedlings appear (before the leaves unfurl). Bring indoors if temperatures drop below 20 degrees. Transplant 2 to 3 weeks before the last frost date. Full sun to part shade. Seeds and all parts of the plants are poisonous.

Home-grown seeds.