This modern grandiflora Sweet Pea, a new introduction by Keith Hammett, is a stunning dark maroon, almost black in fact. Also known under the name "Little Black Dress, it has amazing scent and has inherited the strong and heady perfume of its forebears together with improved petal size and stem length, making wonderful cut flowers. ... Learn More

'Ballerina Blue' is a vigorous, free-flowering cultivar growing to 1.8m, bearing usually 4 flowers on stems to 30cm. Flowers are a soft blue with purplish tinges, highly scented. Suitable for exhibition. ... Learn More

This powerfully-perfumed Spencer sweet pea variety has large flowers with as many as 6 or 7 florets spread along long strong stems. Bred by New Zealand based breeder Keith Hammett it is ideal as a cut flower. ... Learn More

One of the 'more modern' heirloom varieties from 1898. Sprays of heavily perfumed, bicolored deep maroon/violet flowers. ... Learn More

This lovely modern grandiflora type introduced by Roger Parsons in 2007 is a good clear mid blue. The breeder says "It is an Early flowering fragrant Spencer type with long stems and hooded standards". ... Learn More

This Grandiflora mix contains a choice assortment of most of the colours available in these highly-fragranced flowers. As well as the usual whites, blues, pinks, mauves and purples, there is a good proportion of attractive bi-colours. ... Learn More

These dwarf sweet peas, all with a compact bushy habit, display an attractive colour range over a long season. They are perfect for scrambling over a low fence, through shrubs, or even cascading from a container on the patio. ... Learn More

This truly different grandiflora type, also called "Pollyanna" is a distinct colour break from most others, as it is a bicolour with almost translucent, very fragrant, bluish pink standard and white wings. Although it has few flowers per stem, the number of stems produced is prolific! ... Learn More

This modern grandiflora type, also sold under the name name "Mama Mia" is new and totally unique. This reverse-bicolour flower is possibly the most exciting novelty sweet pea to come from Keith Hammett's breeding program in New Zealand. It has a light pink standard and rich mid blue wings, and is derived from a cross between a sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) and the recently discovered species Lathyrus belinensis, indeed, there is nothing else like it. Seed very scarce. ... Learn More

This new, valuable and quite exquisite Spencer variety bred by Roger Parsons and introduced in 2011, has frilly, paler-keeled, mid blue flowers and an overpowering perfume. With good placement of the flowers along the stems, it is perfect either for exhibition or for the garden, and is a strong-growing cultivar that stands up well to poor weather. Furthermore, it commands one of the highest seed prices of all sweet peas and deservedly so. AGM winner ... Learn More

This grandiflora type is a wonderful, highly-scented, old-fashioned, true navy blue, as you might expect, with a wonderful rich perfume, and is the result of Henry Eckford's work in the late 19th century. It has what are now considered to be smaller flowers and shorter stems than many modern hybrids, with three, sometimes four flowers to a stem, but they are irresistible, with wonderful, overpoweringly strong scent, and great dignity and elegance. ... Learn More

This unusual Spencer Sweet Pea has exceptionally large, fragrant, bold, cherry red flowers, and it was specially bred to have up to 8 florets on long stems, making it ideal for cutting or for showing. ... Learn More

This famous old heirloom is a striking, very strongly scented, bi-coloured Peruvian sweet pea. It is best grown alone as its gorgeous, velvety, deep colours, which appear until late in the season cannot compete with some of the bright modern forms. ... Learn More

A beautiful highly perfumed sweet pea with Ivory cream flowers edged with a hint of green when blooming. A great choice! ... Learn More

This absolutely superb Sweet Pea Midnight Beaujolais has dark burgundy flowers. It is a reliable sweet pea variety, producing an abundance of highly scented flowers. ... Learn More