Last Chance for Free Sweet Pea Seeds from Renee's Garden

This is the last week of the sweet pea seed giveaway, and the perfect time to plant. We've teamed up with Renee's Garden Seeds in a contest you can't lose. Just send a comment telling us what's new in your garden this year. What's your latest garden enthusiasm/inspiration/plant?? After all, right now is when we're not only planning, but working to create our 2013 gardens...tell us about what's new, large or small, in your garden this spring, and Renee will send you some free sweet pea seeds. Comment here on the blog, include your name and address, and sweet pea seeds will be in the mail to you...

You have peace of mind with Renee's Seeds, for the company works hard to find sustainable and organic growers that produce high-quality, high germinating seeds. Renee buys from growers she knows and trusts in the  USA, Holland, Italy, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, Japan, China and New Zealand.  "All our seeds are carefully trialed and evaluated in our test gardens in different climate zones," says Renee. And check out Renee's delicious recipes here.

New offerings from Renee's Garden this spring include these beautiful organic Chioggia beets -

 

Crispy 'Jade Gem' lettuce sized to grow in pots or windowboxes...

And these showy heirloom 'Royalty Purple Pod' bush beans, as beautiful in the dish as in the garden..

Share your newest garden inspiration/plant/idea/plan with us, and you'll be planting sweet peas in time for June bloom....I look forward to hearing from you....

Comments

[Chris]

Well, I for one would love some sweet peas as I love flowers of any kind and have never grown sweet peas...Gasp...I know, isn't that terrible? :) Now I don't have any excuses!!
Last spring when we visited Whidbey Island, we stopped by the Inn to see their beautiful kitchen garden and I was fascinated by a plant that looked like it had come from outer space. I contacted the Inn and they put me in touch with Jody, who worked on the design and planting of the garden and she told me it was the Allium, Schubertii....so I ordered 5 bulbs from Brent and Becky's bulbs and so that is what's new in my garden this year. They are already up about 2 inches...all FIVE of them. I'm so excited to see them in bloom!! :)
PS. I love Renee's seeds and already subscribe to her blog!
my address is
Chris Frutiger
3515 24th Ave. Ct. NW.
Gig Harbor, Wa. 98335

[Linda Hall]

I'm just starting to plan my additions so I would really appreciate some sweet peas to add to the ones I already have! What I'm wanting to add is some taller perennials that have a "see through or airy" look for lack of a better description. I'm hoping I can find the Fine Gardening article that I remember. Those photographs were spectacular. In addition, I'll be doing a lot of working on the beds, since I've neglected them over the past several years, as well as the issues that our midwestern droughts have caused.

[Maria Carlos]

Val, I am shamelessly aiming for some sweet pea seeds, my favorite flower. What's new this year in our garden in the woods? Divided and transplanted some things, and created a new vignette at the bottom of our entry stairs. Hope it takes off and welcomes our visitors with a colorful-foliage feast. Thanks for your blog. I am always delighted by your posts.

[Maria Carlos]

ooops, you need an address for seeds, eh? P.O. Box 2416, Poulsbo, WA 98370.

Thanks!

[Mary Perez 930 Amedeo Court Sonoma, CA 95476]

I moved to Sonoma, CA last year after living in the Seattle area for 12 years. Sad to leave my beautiful garden, but am now in gardening paradise...removed everything from my smallish yard except one maple tree and started from bare dirt--a gardeners dream come true! Working from a plan...lemon, orange and mandarin trees--espallier apples, roses, succulents, herbs-strawberries-Russian sage--bought four rusted metal trellises to hide a fence, on those Sally Holmes climbers and two purple trumpet vines--sounds like a lot and there's quite a bit more I haven't mentioned, but it looks wonderful. I adore sweet peas, and like most garden enthusiasts, practically all plants, but am editing by colors and plant selection Per. Valerie Easton.

[Brenda]

Hi Val,
I planted some martagon lilies last year and they are coming up! I am so excited! I cleared out some diseased kinickkinnick from a terraced area and planted lovely conifers from the nw hort plant sale--- which was a great sale for the plant enthusiast. Also, while I was at watson's, I saw hummingbirds feasting on some pulmonarias, so those are also in the garden!
Hope to see you in the garden,
Brenda Kodama
11303 Madera dr sw
Lakewood, wa
98499

[Meg Safranek]

I'm hoping for the romanesco broccoli this year. New raised veggies beds in a sunny front yard and plenty of fresh veggie dreams.

But sweet peas are always a part of my garden. They were my mom's favorite flower, and having them in my garden brings only good memories.

Meg Safranek
10243 63rd Ave S
Seattle, WA 98178

[Victoria Vail]

I'm building raised beds this spring. I'll be planting asparagus, snap peas, carrots, beets, spinach, and lettuce. I also want to plant the romanescu. Broccoli. I love Renee's Garden seeds. When I ran an organic garden at my kids' elementary school, they provided the majority of the seeds. Always reliable.

Torrie Vail
421 SE 369th Ct
Washougal WA 98671

[valerie Easton]

Hi Chris,
Aren't the gardens at the Inn at Langley amazing? Jodi is great, and so glad you had a chance to enjoy their gardens...both beautiful and practical...

You've never grown sweet peas?? I can't believe it, we have such a perfect climate for them, and I know how you love cut flowers. Well, this is the year, I just sent your mailing info to Renee....
Thanks for writing in about the allium...
Val

[Chris]

Ooops, I meant Jod(i) and yes, although we haven't met in person...she was so fun to talk to! I know, it is hard to believe I have never grown sweet peas, so I am so excited to try them this year and thank-you so much for sending my info to Renee for the complimentary seeds! :)

[DariaW]

What's new in my garden? Purple. And burgundy. No, I'm not that kind of a purple person, but in the corner of the world where I garden, the drainage winds roar out of the Cascade's through the foothills and strafe my plants during the winter months. The challange has been to arrange part of the garden so I don't feel so defeated in the winter and purple hued plants seem to be the ticket. A curly leaf heuchera (forget the flat leaved ones), bergenias Bressingham's Ruby and Winter Glow, and the winter blooming heather Kramer's Red got moved to a sunnier spot. I'm not a fan of perennial Candytuft, either, but it's cast iron and the foliage of Absolutely Amethyst has a rich purple tone to it. Why fight what seems inevitable? And yes, I agree about adding some contrast. Sedum Angelina, with it's change of colors over the seasons works for me. If only it didn't need dead heading. Sigh ... in a perfect world it wouldn't.

Sweet peas? Who could not love them? Sadly, it's seems unrequited on my part. Maybe this year I'll try trenching them. Must get a winner one day. Is there a way to send an address w/o it being public information?

[MT]

Just got two new purple roses - Ebb Tide and Rhapsody in Blue - to set off the yellow and peachy ones that I already have. Would love some sweet peas as they are my birth month flower!

The Browns
13722 Palatine Ave N
Seattle, 98133

[Karen]

I love Renee's seeds. Thanks for the offer. I'm going from container veggies to raised beds this year. Can't wait for dry weather to get them started. I'm adding yellow's and purples to flower beds this year with a few more reds. Just planted a clump birch for Bayview Farm and Garden. Aren't we lucky to have Val and Bayview on wonderful Whidbey Island. My grandma introduced me to gardening. She had roses, sweet peas and sweet williams so the fragrance was always heady. I can't seem to find sweet smelling, sweet williams any more. Any advice?
Karen Knight
4896 Good Piper Lane
Freeland, WA 98

[Judy]

Judy Cumming
PO Box 3254
Friday Harbor, WA 98250

I'm planting purple alyssum seeds beneath the rose bushes. I've done white in the past and they are wonderful.

[Martha Jackson]

This year I'm seriously going to try the cut-and-come-again model. I have a largish patch of mixed lettuce and arugula that seems perfect for it!

Martha Jackson
911 NW 122nd Street
Seattle, WA 98177

[Carol Holloway]

New this year: Vegetable garden border of Multi colored lettuce with rows of bread seed poppies. Food for the table and the eye. I also grow sweet peas in the vegetable garden -- such wonderful color and perfume!

[Teresa Shieder]

My baby boy is new to my garden this year. I am turning the vegie patch into a lawn so he will have a soft area when he learns to crawl this summer. I 'm joining the local CSA and relaxing in lawn chair!

Teresa Shieder
PO Box 308
Duvall WA 98019

[Maria Carlos]

Thank you, Val! 'Electric Blue' seeds arrived today, and I am thrilled! I think I grew these last year, but didn't find them at the nursery this month, so it's a special treat. Thank you and Renee's Garden!

[Lisa Brown]

We just bought a new house in December so I'm eagerly awaiting Spring and Summer to see what the woman who lived here before us has planted. She loved gardening so I'm sure I'm in for some fun surprises!

I will, however, be creating a veggie garden in the extra lot we also purchased so I think I'll order some of Renee's Chioggia Beets seeds as one of my first plantings. Beautiful color and very fun. My kids might even learn to like beets!

L Brown
19212 - 46th Ave NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Thanks so much for the sweetpea seeds! They are some of my most favorite flowers. :)

[Sharon McAvoy]

New to my garden this year, are lots and lots of berries! I have planted two kinds of elderberries,two aronias, a Canadian serviceberry and that cute new container raspberry from Brazelberry. Many thanks for the wonderful offer of sweet peas.
S. McAvoy
20899 Virginia Ave NE
Kingston,WA 98346

[Bonnie Hicks]

I'm excited about a green house built from vintage windows i will be creating this spring. I have collected the windows over the past year and am giddy with the possibilities! I will be creating gardens around it that will include roses, a tribute to my mother who gave me the gardening bug in the first place. Thank you Judy for giving me the idea of planting alyssum under them, I'm sure that looks beautiful. I will be planting the sweet peas around the perimeter of my raised beds, they will be a nice addition to grow up the stick fence.
Bonnie Hicks
14127 235th Ct NE
Woodinville,WA. 98077

[Cricket Morgan]

What's new in my garden this year? I'm hoping to have a garden with flowers & vegetables in the newly completed raised garden bed!
I would love to have some fragrant sweet peas, thanks to you & Renee's Seeds.

C. Morgan
370 Sunset Blvd.
Port Townsend, WA 98368-9443

[Susan]

I would love to plant the Kennedy Irish Primroses!

[Connie Spindel]

I have large established gardens (abt 5 acres I've created from cow pasture the past 8-9 years) filled with mainly flowering trees, shrubs, roses, perennials and a few reseeding annuals here and there) and a separate veggy garden... There is ALWAYS something new I try each year!
This year I have added 35 own-root David Austin roses to the rear yard (Benjamin Britten, Eglantyne, Evelyn, Cottage Rose, Abraham Darby and Winchester Cathedral). I can't wait for the blooms!
Aside from the new roses - I'm trying something different for the veggy seeding this year - I'm making seed tape (using single ply toilet paper). Super easy to do and so far everything I have planted with my seed tapes are coming up great and are all in a perfect straight rows with a LOT less back bending and considerably less seed waste! I love my seed tapes :)
I don't have a single sweet pea growing and would really love them - thanks so much for your offer!
Connie Spindel
28391 River Rd
Mill City OR 97360

Thanks again and happy gardening everyone!

[Adrienne]

For me, everything! I've just moved into a lovely 40's bungalow in Lake City. The garden has been neglected for 5+ years. We are clearing out the debris and finding that a gardener must have lived here at some point. Lovely vegetable beds, a large perennial garden, a woodland garden around a pond. I've counted 30 roses on the property and find more everyday. Now that it's spring, things I thought were dead are coming back to life. Who knows what they will become?!

Adrienne Meyer
12528 24th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125