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Sweet Pea
Name: Botanical name
is Lathyrus odoratus - odoratus means scented.
Origin:
Italy
Colour: Purples, pinks, creams,salmons.
Availability: March to November
Care
Tips: Keep cool, always in water, and away from ripening fruit. Commercial
sweet peas are treated after cutting to prolong their life; garden-cut ones may
only last one or two days but florists' peas can last over a week.
Trivia:
Language of Flowers: Sweet peas mean "delicate
pleasures". Breeders are trying to develop a scented yellow sweet pea. The
Lathyrus family has a naturally occurring yellow pea but it has no fragrance.
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