Lathyrus odoratus Spencer Mars - Sweet Pea Seeds

The Lathyrus odoratus Spencer 'Mars' is a variety of Sweet Pea of large size from the Spencer series, a series known for its powerful fragrance, floriferousness, and vigour. 'Mars' offers large original bicolour flowers. On a white background, they are speckled and finely edged with scarlet red. Delightfully scented and carried by long sturdy stems, they are ideal for bouquets. It is an annual, climbing or creeping, plant that quickly colonises a large area. It is easily sown and grown in the sun, in fertile and moist soil.

The Lathyrus odoratus Spencer 'Mars' is an annual herbaceous plant of the Fabaceae family, whose ancestors originate from southeastern Italy and Sicily. Thanks to its tendrils, it can climb or crawl up to 2.50 to 3 m in height and 40 cm in width in a few months. It is adorned with large undulating flowers. The leaves are paired on quadrangular stems, with stipules at the base and extended into tendrils. Their colour is a light green, more or less greyish or bluish. Flowering occurs from June-July to August-September, depending on the sowing date. The papilionaceous flowers are large to very large, clustered in axillary clusters. They consist of 5 petals, more or less frizzled, with the uppermost, also the largest, forming a banner, while the others have an intermediate shape between lip and tube. They release a powerful, yet delicate, scent, with a sweet floral aroma with hints of honeyed and musky tones. The fruit is a flat pod that twists as it expels its seeds at a distance. It is essential to remove faded flowers, as seed production immediately stops flowering. Sweet peas root deeply in the soil to draw water and nutrients. They enjoy warmth, as well as rich, loose, and moist soils.