Sweet Pea - Friend or Foe?

I have a sweet pea plant that looks love and/but climbs all over my bushes and other plants in the area.
Some day I’ll probably rip it up and either plant it somewhere else or just do without sweet peas.
They might look nice climbing up a fruit tree but I don’t think I’ll do that.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I had a garden once where they completely took it over.The tubers went about a foot down in the soil and under rocks and the vines took out everything in their path.It took me hours to rip out those tubers so I could plant other things in this garden.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I love my perennial sweet peas, but I have them in a very specific location where they are easy to control. The annual sweet peas are easy to pull out, but I am going to plant them near the front porch this year, I think.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

Thanks folks - Sadly, you all reinforced what I already knew deep down; I’m just lazy, and I need to get out there and weed – lol. It wouldn’t be so bad if it would only stop raining and the winds would die down! This is the windiest I can remember it being since I moved here many years ago. It’s been blowing non-stop since November. They are already forming seed pods, I better get on it…

-- ~ Cindy, Virginia Appalachians, UDSA Hardiness Zone 6 ~

Give the seeds to friends ( or enemies LOL). I’m sure they would appreciate the gesture. ;-)

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown