About this cultivar:
Lathyrus latifolius 'White Pearl'is a vigorous climbing herbaceous perennial with winged stems and paired grey-green leaflets bearing tendrils. Up to 11 pure white flowers in width are borne in each racemes. Has the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
No fragrance! Sorry to say but this will look great on a trellis or scrambling through a hedge or shrub. Nice against red-brick.
- Position: Full sun, partial shade
- Soil: Almost any soil, grows well in Ballyrobert
- Flowers: June, July, August, September
- Other features: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (RHS AGM), Climber
- Hardiness: H7 - Hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20°C), Fully hardy - grows well in Ballyrobert
- Habit: Clump forming, climbing
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Height: 150 - 250 cm (5 - 8.5 ft)
- Spread: 50 - 150 cm (1.6 - 5 ft)
- Time to full growth: 2 to 5 years
- Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial
- Colour: Green, yellow, orange
- Goes well with: -
About this genus:
Lathyrus (lath-e-rus) is the ancient Greek name for some leguminous plant. Nowdays Lathryrus is a genus of flowering plant species known as sweet peas and vetchlings. Lathyrus is in the legume family (Fabaceae,) and contains approximately 160 species. They are native to temperate areas all over the world. There are annual and perennial species which may be climbing or bushy (we only deal with perennnals here!). Some species are grown for food but most in cultivation today are grown for rnamental purposes - often for cut flowers. Flowers on these cultivated species may be rose, red, maroon, pink, white, yellow, purple or blue, and some are bicolored. Some species are also grown for their fragrance.
There is too much variety in Lathyrus to be general about Lathyrus, but (as always) the species that perform well in our garden are the only species we sell; so these guys should be fine in our climate, in heavy clay soil, and anywhere but full-shade. In other words: they will probably grow anywhere that isn't too dry!
What to grow them with: hmmm, well we can't generalize- some are climbers, some are not etc