Few questions bout sweets peas and a shrub?

[4390evans]

Hi All

I was wondering if you's could help out and let me know what your thoughts are.



Do you think there is enough sweet peas planted or should I add more?


Whats this on the leaves in the pic below? its only on a couple of them and I sprayed them with a drop dish soap and water to kill bugs.


Does anyone know what this is? Its from a old climber but when I took it down the climber itself didn't have any thorns on it at all? Any ideas?


This is the vines growing from the old shrub, any ideas how to kill the shrub? I would usually just dig it out but it goes under the trellis and I know it will drop to bits if I did (the trellis that is)

[mothhawk]

Is there such a thing as enough sweet peas? It all depends - are you going to water/feed them or leave them alone? There are sufficient there for the trellis, but if you want a mass of flowers and are prepared to water and feed them, put in a few more. remember with sweet peas, to keep them flowering you have to keep picking the flowers, or at least dead-heading them before they can set seed, otherwise they will stop flowering.

Don't know what's on the leaves but it doesn't look serious.

Your thorny "vine" is a rose. leave it, feed it, let it flower, then if you like it, keep it, if not, cut it down. it may need tying in to the trellis as it grows, it looks like a rambler rather than a bush rose, so will cover the trellis eventually.

[Two_Sheds]

That's what I think. Have you been deadheading them? One is a flower stalk that's been ripped off instead of neatly cut

[4390evans]

what does dead heading mean??

[Bren In Pots]

what does dead heading mean??

Have a read here :-

Deadheading plants / Royal Horticultural Society

[4390evans]

ah I will do that, thanks xx