Replacement for Sweet Peas

marklovick87

The sweet peas are done and dusted now. They've been grown up against a fence approx 2m long and approx 9" wide. Any ideas of something to put in now to give us some late summer flowers?

JennyJ

It's getting late to start anything from seed for flowers this year, so maybe have a look in the garden centre and see what takes your fancy. 9" wide is a narrow space though - did you mean 9' (that's about 1.5 standard fence panels)? If so that's a pretty big space and I'm not sure that anything planted now would cover it anytime soon.

marklovick87

Sorry Yes it is about a fence panel and a half. I meant 9" of soil across the length.

Fairygirl

It's not a lot of depth/width though - 9 inches. That may be why your sweet peas are already finished. They need a lot of nutrition and water to do well and they may have been a bit restricted   
As @JennyJ says - it's too late to find annuals really, but you might get some taller perennials which would be ok. Verbena bonariensis, Achilleas , some of the late flowering daises like Heleniums etc. They don't mind a poorer soil either.
You would probably need to give them support though, and some won't have the height of sweet peas, but it could be worth taking a look   

Nanny Beach

As fairy says sweet peas are greedy Feeders. Normally you would dig a trench filled with compost,manure to plant them. I have a similar situation in my front garden, just a couple of inches of rubbish soil in South facing front garden. I've filled with Dianthus, zinnia.rockery plants

marklovick87

Cool thanks. The Sweet Pea's had a good run as they were set in the Autumn so started early. Will have a trip to the Garden Centre at the weekend and see what they have