How to Grow a Sweet Pea Garden Arch
Instructions for growing a living garden arch using willow branches and sweet pea flowers.
Cost: $30
Equipment
Ingredients
- 50 Sweet Pea Seeds Annual, climbing, presoaked in water to soften the seed coats
- 40 Willow rods - 9 feet long soaked in water
Instructions
- Push thick ends of willow rods into ground on either side of path, spacing them equally approximately 3-inches apart.40 Willow rods - 9 feet long
- Bend over tops of each opposing pair so they meet in the middle.
- Tie rods securely together with twine so they form a series of arches.
- Weave additional rods horizontally through the vertical rods near base for extra strength.
- Sow seeds 2-inches apart along the base of each side.50 Sweet Pea Seeds
- Water well and protect from slugs and snails.
- Use twine to support sweet pea vine as it grows.