One
of the more old-fashioned flowers within the Victorian
garden, the everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius)
could nonetheless hold its own against the many new
species and varieties of flowers within the garden bed.
When they had held their ground a few years, and had
made great masses of rampant growth, they were positively
glorious.
The
everlasting pea could tolerate most soils, although
it preferred a deep sandy loam. They absolutely hated
being dug up and carted about, when they "take
the sulks and refuse to flower", or "take
themselves off altogether", so teaching the amateur
gardener a sore lesson.
Everlasting
peas could be trained to walls, or left to ramble through
a bed.
