List of Award of Garden Merit sweet peas explained

A number of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. They are annuals grown as twining climbers, with flowers in pastel shades from white through pink to blue and deep purple. There are several bi-colours. Several cultivars are scented to a greater or lesser degree. Sweet peas can be badly affected by aphids, slugs and snails.

List

Cultivar Colour Height Fragrance Ref
America white/purple medium [1]
white strong [2]
Ballerina Blue blue (pale) strong [3]
Bobby's Girl pale salmon pink medium [4]
Bounce Mid Blue lavender [5]
Bounce Navy Blue blue (deep) [6]
Bramdean white strong [7]
Bristol pale violet strong [8]
Brook Hall white [9]
Cathy white medium [10]
Charlie's Angel violet (pale) strong [11]
Chris Harrod blue (pale) [12]
Crimson Cherub red medium [13]
Dorothy Eckford white medium [14]
Duo Salmon red/pink strong [15] -
Evening Glow pale pink slight [16]
First Flame salmon [17]
Flora Norton blue medium [18]
coral pink/white slight [19] -->
Gwendoline pale pink medium [20]
Hannah's Harmony white/red slight [21]
Heathcliff blue (violet) strong [22]
High Scent white/violet strong [23]
Jacqueline Heather white/pale pink [24]
Janet Scott pale pink strong [25]
Jilly white medium [26]
John Gray white/pale pink medium [27]
Just Julia blue (mid) strong [28]
crimson medium [29]
Lady T. Cherub pink/red medium [30]
Lauren Landy cream/pink medium [31]
Lavender Sprite pink (lilac) medium [32]
Lipstick pink (magenta) strong [33]
Madison pink/red strong [34]
Margaret Joyce violet strong [35]
Marie's Melody white/red medium [36] -->
Martha Mary white medium [37]
Mary Mac cream [38]
Matucana violet/crimson strong [39]
Mrs Bernard Jones pink/white strong [40]
Noel Sutton violet blue medium [41]
Northern Lights Cherub pink/blue [42]
Oklahoma white/crimson strong [43]
Pandemonium white/pink [44]
Patricia Anne white/violet medium [45]
white/pink medium [46]
Sicilian Pink cerise/white/purple strong [47]
Solway Fanfare reddish-purple slight [48] -->
Solway Sapphire blue/white slight [49]
Solway Snowflake white/pink [50]
Somerset Lady pink (magenta) [51]
Starlight magenta medium [52]
Sunset white/pink strong [53]
Tahiti Sunrise white/coral strong [54]
Teresa Maureen white/purple medium [55]
Tranquillity red [56]
Valerie Harrod white/pink medium [57]
Wedding Day white strong [58]
White Supreme white strong [59]
Wretham Pink pink (pale) strong [60]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'America' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Aphrodite' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Ballerina Blue' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Bobby's Girl' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Bounce Mid Blue' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  6. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Bounce Navy Blue . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Bramdean' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Bristol' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  9. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Brook Hall' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  10. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Cathy' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  11. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Charlie's Angel' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  12. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Chris Harrod' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  13. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus var. nanellus 'Crimson Cherub' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  14. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Dorothy Eckford' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  15. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Duo Salmon' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  16. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Evening Glow' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  17. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'First Flame' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  18. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Flora Norton' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  19. Web site: RHS Plant Selector Lathyrus odoratus 'Florencecourt' AGM . RHS Gardening. Royal Horticultural Society. 2012-08-12.
  20. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus Gwendoline . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  21. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus Hannah's Harmony . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  22. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Heathcliff' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  23. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'High Scent' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  24. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Jacqueline Heather' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  25. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Janet Scott' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  26. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus ;Jilly' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  27. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'John Gray' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  28. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Just Julia ' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  29. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus King Edward VII . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  30. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus var. nanellus 'Lady T. Cherub' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  31. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Lauren Landy' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  32. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus var. nanellus 'Lavender Sprite' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  33. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Lipstick' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  34. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Madison' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  35. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Margaret Joyce' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  36. Web site: RHS Plant Selector Lathyrus odoratus 'Marie's Melody' AGM . RHS Gardening. Royal Horticultural Society. 2012-08-12.
  37. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Martha Mary' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  38. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Mary Mac' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  39. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  40. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Mrs Bernard Jones' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  41. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Noel Sutton' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  42. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus var. nanellus 'Northern Lights Cherub' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  43. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Oklahoma' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  44. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Pandemonium' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  45. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Patricia Anne' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  46. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Pocahontas' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  47. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Sicilian Pink' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  48. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Solway Fanfare' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  49. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Solway Sapphire' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  50. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Solway Snowflake' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  51. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Somerset Lady' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  52. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Starlight' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  53. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Sunset' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  54. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Tahiti Sunrise' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  55. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Teresa Maureen' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  56. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Tranquillity' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  57. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Valerie Harrod' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  58. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Wedding Day' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  59. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'White Supreme' . RHS . 29 September 2020.
  60. Web site: Lathyrus odoratus 'Wretham Pink' . RHS . 29 September 2020.

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