Watermelon-Pink Blooms
Produces beautiful coral-pink to watermelon-pink flowers that add warmth and color to garden displays.
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Elegance Watermelon Sweet Pea is an attractive flowering annual known for its ruffled watermelon-pink to coral-pink blooms and sweet fragrance. Its tall climbing growth habit and long flower stems make it an excellent choice for trellises, cottage gardens, borders, and fresh-cut flower arrangements. This variety is valued for its early, abundant flowering and suitability for cool-season garden and greenhouse production.
Produces beautiful coral-pink to watermelon-pink flowers that add warmth and color to garden displays.
Features pleasantly scented flowers that enhance garden spaces and fresh floral arrangements.
Develops climbing vines that benefit from trellises, netting, fences, or other suitable supports.
Produces long flower stems suitable for bouquets, floral displays, and decorative arrangements.
| Scientific Name | Lathyrus odoratus |
| Common Name | Elegance Watermelon Sweet Pea |
| Plant Family | Fabaceae |
| Seed Type | Flower Seeds |
| Variety | Elegance Watermelon |
| Plant Type | Flowering Annual Vine |
| Flower Color | Watermelon-Pink to Coral-Pink |
| Flower Form | Ruffled, Ornamental Blooms |
| Fragrance | Sweet and Fragrant |
| Plant Height | Approximately 60–72 inches (5–6 feet) |
| Growth Habit | Climbing Vine |
| Days to Maturity | Approximately 75–85 days, depending on conditions |
| Germination Time | Approximately 14–21 days under suitable conditions |
| Germination Temperature | Approximately 55–65°F (13–18°C) |
| Sunlight Requirements | Full Sun |
| Soil Requirements | Rich, fertile, moisture-retentive, well-drained soil |
| Preferred Soil pH | Approximately 6.0–7.0 |
| Plant Spacing | Approximately 4–8 inches |
| Support Requirements | Trellis, Netting, Fence, or Climbing Frame |
| Planting Season | Cool Season; early spring or another locally suitable cool growing period |
| Primary Uses | Cut Flowers, Bouquets, Trellises, Fences, Borders, and Cottage Gardens |
| Important Safety Information | All parts of sweet pea plants, including seeds, are poisonous if ingested. Keep away from children and pets. |
Elegance Watermelon Sweet Pea Seeds offer an appealing combination of coral-pink blooms, sweet fragrance, and graceful climbing growth. Ideal for trellises, cottage gardens, and fresh-cut bouquets, this flowering annual can bring vertical color and floral charm to suitable growing spaces. Provide cool growing conditions, fertile soil, consistent moisture, and climbing support for healthy plants and abundant blooms.
Find helpful answers about Elegance Watermelon Sweet Pea seed germination, climbing support, and flower production.
Elegance Watermelon Sweet Pea seeds typically germinate in approximately 14–21 days when kept at around 55–65°F (13–18°C). Sow them in moist, well-drained growing medium at the recommended depth and provide darkness during germination. Actual germination time can vary with seed quality and growing conditions.
Yes, this variety develops climbing vines that benefit from a trellis, garden netting, or a fence. Install the support early to help the vines climb naturally and keep the long flower stems upright. This also makes harvesting flowers for bouquets easier.
Yes, Elegance Watermelon Sweet Peas are valued for their fragrant coral-pink flowers and long stems, making them suitable for fresh bouquets and floral arrangements. Harvest stems when several flowers are beginning to open, and keep picking blooms regularly to encourage continued flower production. Do not eat the flowers or any other part of the plant, as sweet peas are poisonous if ingested.