If you’ve decided to plant sweet peas from seed this year, you’ve made a wise choice. These hardy annuals make a lovely addition to the garden, and if you’re about to sow the seeds, you’re probably wondering how long do sweet peas take to germinate.
If kept under the right conditions - a steady temperature between 10–15°C - sweet peas typically take around 10 to 14 days to germinate. Knowing how to care for sweet peas once they’re in bloom will help the flowers thrive, but there’s also some things you can do to speed the germination process along - if you’re not seeing results as quickly as you’d like.
