Kaleidoscope Mix Sweet Pea

seeds

2g: $2.95; Item: 5634-A
8g: $6.95; Item: 5634-B
24g: $11.50; Item: 5634-C

Lathyrus odoratus
Open pollinated.

Annual. Like gazing into a rotating cardboard tube at an ever-changing pattern of mesmerizing interlocking forms and colors. The most diverse color range of any sweet pea mix we know. Solids, bicolors, reverse bicolors, flakes and stripes in a wide array, sure to please the wide-eyed child in all of us. Over 5' tall. Another from breeder Keith Hammett.

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Quick Details

Hybrid Status: open pollinated
Bloom Color: multi-colored
Lifecycle: annual
Pollinator Friendly: Yes

Compare

Compare with other Sweet Peas
Variety	Product Type	Hybrid Status	Bloom Color	Lifecycle
Perennial Sweet Pea	seeds	open pollinated	multi-colored	perennial
America	seeds	open pollinated	bright red	annual
April in Paris Organic	seeds	open pollinated	lilac-tinged primrose-cream	annual
Black Knight	seeds	open pollinated	deep maroon-purple	annual
Blue Celeste Organic	seeds	open pollinated	pale purplish azure	annual
Cupani	seeds	open pollinated	maroon and violet-blue	annual
Knee-High Mix	seeds	open pollinated	multi-colored	annual
Erewhon	seeds	open pollinated	pale mauve and lavender-blue	annual
Mammoth Mix	seeds	open pollinated	multi-colored	annual
Kaleidoscope Mix	seeds	open pollinated	multi-colored	annual
Streamers Mix	seeds	open pollinated	multi-colored	annual

Additional Information

Sweet Pea

Annual. Native to Sicily, first domesticated around 1699 when amateur botanist and monk Father Francis Cupani shipped seed for the variety that bears his name to a hothouse grower in England. In the late 1800s extensive breeding work, especially by Henry Eckford, expanded the range of available colors. Around 1900 Silas Cole, gardener to Earl and Countess Spencer, found a sport with much larger ruffled flowers but less scent than Eckford’s varieties. It created a sensation when it was exhibited in 1901. From this variation derive all modern strains including Spencer, Cuthbertson, Knee-High and Mammoth. As interest in fragrance revived, Bodger Seeds Ltd. obtained as many of the pre-Spencer varieties as possible and created Old Spice Mix in the 1970s.

Culture: Soak seeds for 12–24 hours prior to sowing. For earliest blooms, sow indoors 2 months before setting out, or sow direct in spring. Need darkness for germination, which takes 10–21 days at 60°. Old catalogs recommended sowing in a 4–5" trench and filling in as the peas grew. To reduce root fungal diseases, always select well-drained locations and rotate them from year to year. Likes full sun and moist rich soil, but many perform poorly in heat, so mulching is recommended. If you are growing for cuts, avoid windy locations, as exposure will make plants stockier and stems shorter. Requires support. We use Trellis Netting. Harvest flowers frequently to keep blooms coming. Last only 3 days in the vase, but perfume the air incomparably. Give your love a bouquet of these! ~10 seeds/g.

Flowers

All flower seeds are open-pollinated except where noted.

Days in parentheses after a variety indicate days to first bloom.

Saving Flower Seeds Is Easy!

Almost all the flowers we list are open- pollinated and easy to save seed from. Some types cross readily, but who cares! Save the seeds, plant them, and be surprised.

These flowers are especially easy to save seed from: bachelor’s buttons, calendula, cerinthe, cosmos, love-in-a- mist (nigella), nasturtium, poppy, strawflower, sunflower, sweet pea and tithonia.

Learn more about seed saving.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.

Shipping

From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.