Sweet Pea Parfume Edith Flanagan

Lathyrus odoratus 'Parfume Edith Flanagan' Spencer Sweet Pea 'Edith Flanagan'

Vibrant coral flowers on strong straight stems, with beautiful traditional fragrance — Sweet Pea 'Parfume Edith Flanagan' is the warm-toned cottage Spencer Sweet Pea bringing a properly unusual coral-pink to the cottage cutting palette, on stems built for serious cutting and arranging.

If most Sweet Peas occupy the pastel-pink and pure-white end of the spectrum, 'Edith Flanagan' provides the unusual warmth of true coral — a colour that sits between salmon-pink and warm peach and is genuinely rare among Sweet Pea varieties. The flowers are produced on strong straight stems ideal for cutting and arranging, with the traditional Sweet Pea fragrance that makes the genus worth growing in the first place. Hardy annual climber reaching 2 metres on appropriate supports. Spencer-type breeding produces the characteristic large ruffled bloom form. Flowers June through October.

A note on growing

Standard Sweet Pea cultivation (autumn sow October–November or spring sow January–March; soak seeds 2–4 hours; plant out April–May in full sun in rich fertile soil; provide sturdy support immediately; pick daily for continuous flowering).

⚠️ Toxicity warning: seeds toxic if eaten. Keep away from children.

Where it shines

In warm-toned cottage cutting gardens where the rare coral colour provides a unique cottage palette element — pairs unusually well with apricots, peaches, soft oranges and warm pinks. In cottage borders against vertical supports for warm climbing colour. As a wedding-flower variety for warm-themed cottage weddings. As one of the more unusual Sweet Pea colours to give as gift seeds — coral is properly distinctive.

Plant alongside

For warm-tone cottage romance, combine 'Edith Flanagan' with Cosmos 'Apricotta' (matching warm peach-apricot palette) and Calendula 'Touch of Red' (matching mahogany-warm undertones). With Achillea 'Pastel Mixed' for matching soft warm cottage character at the lower border level. With Cornflower 'Mauve Boy' for a tonal cottage warm-cool combination.