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A few days this week, it's been warm enough to go outside without a jacket during the hottest part of the afternoon, although a heavy sweater is still required. (A few other days this week, it's been below freezing in the evening.) Ciro and I have been taking walks from about 1pm to about 3pm, just for the novelty of being outdoors in sunlight.
I found a seed packet of Cupani Sweet Peas, which informs me that Cupani was the first sweet pea brought to home gardens for cultivation; it was discovered by a Sicilian monk (Cupani) in the wild in the late 1600s. I was duly impressed and have put them in the ground. If they come up (I do not have the best luck with growing from seed), I expect they will be very hardy but small-flowered, as this is my experience of heirloom plants. (Normally, we cultivate things to get bigger blooms or fruits, which of course has a vitality tradeoff. I am not a good gardener, but I have at least a passing understanding of botany.)
I found a seed packet of Cupani Sweet Peas, which informs me that Cupani was the first sweet pea brought to home gardens for cultivation; it was discovered by a Sicilian monk (Cupani) in the wild in the late 1600s. I was duly impressed and have put them in the ground. If they come up (I do not have the best luck with growing from seed), I expect they will be very hardy but small-flowered, as this is my experience of heirloom plants. (Normally, we cultivate things to get bigger blooms or fruits, which of course has a vitality tradeoff. I am not a good gardener, but I have at least a passing understanding of botany.)
