In response to the credit crunch, sweet pea seed prices have been kept unchanged at 2008/09 levels again for the 2010/11 season.
Our range of speciality primulas has been augmented this season by the new Oak Leaf form, and by the Jackanapes Sylvan™ Mixed. The full colour range of You and Me™ Hose-in-Hose polyanthus is a now available again, together with a selection of the laced forms, so popular in Victorian times.
Fresh seed of the gorgeous pale yellow Paeonia mlokosewitscii is now available for dispatch from mid August to late October. A good harvest this year, so no price increase.
Welcome to the new Owl's Acre Sweet Peas website. We have now installed an integrated shopping cart and a secure RomanPay payment system which accepts payment using a wide range of credit cards. Unfortunately, Amex is not supported. Just use the menu to access whatever type of sweet pea seed you require. Happy shopping!
If you want modern large flowered sweet peas for the garden or exhibition, select the 'Spencer' option from the menu. 'Heirloom' varieties have masses of highly scented smaller flowers and give a more informal effect. 'Dwarf' sweet peas form spreading mounds only a few inches high and are great for containers and hanging baskets, while the 'Winter' sweet peas can be grown in the frost protected greenhouse to give bloom in early March from an autumn sowing. Every sweet pea and Lathyrus species we offer has a page of its own. Simply click on the thumbnail photo to see a large photograph and more details about the variety. If the number of sweet peas avilable is confusing and you are unsure which varieties you want, why not choose one of our 'collections' of sweet pea seed? These are attractively packaged and make great presents.
As well as the full range of sweet pea varieties, this new website has a wider range of Lathyrus species than were previously available. These offer interesting possibilities for the adventurous gardener, particularly Lathyrus belinensis which is a relatively recent discovery and rapidly gaining in popularity. Our prices on these are very competitive.
The older version of the Owl's Acre Sweet Peas website is still available and has more detailed information on sweet pea cultivation. More general information about sweet peas and other Lathyrus species can be found on the lathyrus.info website. Some of the most useful links are listed on the menu, but please note that these links will take you away from this site. We suggest that you bookmark this page so that you can easily return to buy your sweet pea seed.