Sweet Pea Parfume Promise

Lathyrus odoratus 'Parfume Promise' Spencer Sweet Pea 'Parfume Promise' (RHS AGM)

The prettiest bicolour Sweet Pea — large ruffled blooms in vibrant rose-pink and pure white, with traditional fragrance and exhibition-quality long straight stems. RHS AGM holder. 'Parfume Promise' is the romantic cottage Spencer bicolour combining big flowers with the cottage scent that defines the genus.

This is the bicolour Spencer Sweet Pea that delivers proper romantic cottage character. Large ruffled blooms in vibrant rose-pink and pure white — the bicolour effect creating visual interest that no solid-coloured Sweet Pea can match. RHS Award of Garden Merit holder — confirming its status as a reliable high-performance plant perfectly suited to the British climate, providing exceptional fragrance and vigorous climbing growth. Hardy annual (H3). Spencer-type breeding for the characteristic large ruffled bloom form, on long straight stems ideal for cutting.

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).

⚠️ Toxicity warning: seeds toxic if eaten.

Where it shines

In cottage cutting gardens for the romantic pink-and-white bicolour palette. As wedding flowers for cottage-themed weddings where pink-and-white provides the central wedding floral palette. In cottage borders against tall vertical supports. As a textbook "cottage romance" Sweet Pea — 'Parfume Promise' is the variety to grow if the goal is the quintessential cottage romantic feel.

Plant alongside

For a meadow-style cottage bouquet partnership, pair 'Parfume Promise' with Ammi majus — the delicate frothy white lace provides perfect textural contrast to the solid ruffled Sweet Pea blooms, creating a meadow-style bouquet in your garden. For the pastel carpet: planting a carpet of pink and white Forget-me-not 'Victoria Mixed' at the base of your Sweet Pea wigwam creates a beautiful "layered" effect where colour flows from the ground up the vines. With Cosmos 'Daydream' for matching white-and-blush ombré.