sweet pea
noun
1
: a widely cultivated Italian legume (Lathyrus odoratus) having slender usually climbing stems, ovate leaves, and large fragrant flowers
2
: the flower of a sweet pea
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Grow sweet peas in full sun with rich, well-draining soil and deadhead often to promote continuous flowering.
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Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
Starters might include crisp baby artichokes paired with creamy local goat cheese and briny olive tapenade, or tender sweet pea agnolotti nestled in a corn velouté (a silky classic French sauce) and crispy guanciale.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Burberry whisked its crew off to the Cotswolds and Highgrove Gardens, hosting a private tour and a painting masterclass—led by the Highgrove collection’s print illustrator Helen Bullock—in the Kitchen Gardens, surrounded by sweet peas and poppies.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
On a recent sunny spring Friday, Garden Club students gathered at lunchtime in the garden to pick bouquets of sweet peas, plant corn seeds, pop popcorn and harvest bunches of carrots to make fresh carrot juice, blended up with apple, cucumber and with a bit of sugar for sweetness.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
Starters might include crisp baby artichokes paired with creamy local goat cheese and briny olive tapenade, or tender sweet pea agnolotti nestled in a corn velouté (a silky classic French sauce) and crispy guanciale.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Burberry whisked its crew off to the Cotswolds and Highgrove Gardens, hosting a private tour and a painting masterclass—led by the Highgrove collection’s print illustrator Helen Bullock—in the Kitchen Gardens, surrounded by sweet peas and poppies.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
On a recent sunny spring Friday, Garden Club students gathered at lunchtime in the garden to pick bouquets of sweet peas, plant corn seeds, pop popcorn and harvest bunches of carrots to make fresh carrot juice, blended up with apple, cucumber and with a bit of sugar for sweetness.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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“Sweet pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20pea. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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