Flower Crush: Sweet Pea

A positively twitterpating flower!

There is something about spring that makes you want to break out of your accumulated sugar-and-cream coffee glaze and fantasize about the produce section at the super market. Kale… bananas… ripe mangos mixing, converging, becoming one within the sacred chamber of your blender over… and over… and over again. It’s enough to make you shiver with delight! Yes, you may also be shivering because you’re wearing a t-shirt and jean jacket due to the fact that you glossed right over the morning fore case temperature of 37 degrees to see the high of 55, but the delight is there all the same. It’s the same something that makes you want to wear yoga pants because you actually plan on going to yoga and not because you don’t actually have any other pants you currently fit into without having to unbutton them every time you find yourself alone. It’s a time when the newness of the new year really starts to kick in.

Photo by Steve Whysall Photography

In the spirit of that newness, our current flower crush is none other than sweet pea! Sweet pea is a crisp, thin-stemmed flower with a lateral pattern of delicate, fluttery petals in colors ranging from pastel to kapow. It really invokes the feeling of spring in that it’s a flower that smells singularly sweet and looks impossibly pretty! Much in the same way that spring feels like an impossible miracle after a bitter, daunting winter.

Photo by Stephen Bobb Photography

Photo by Todd Smith

Photo by Steve Whysall Photography

Having trouble getting into the spirit of spring? Shed your winter blues, don your walking shoes, and head to your nearest flower shop to pick up a bunch of sweet pea for your bedroom or kitchen table. We guarantee you winter will sta rt feeling like a bad dream and a distant memory in no time!

Photo by Sweet Tea Photography

Photo by Connor Studios

Photo by Freed Photography

Sweet Pea Facts

Season: Late winter to spring

Colors: White, pale pink, hot pink, coral, red, lavender, purple and a special “paintbrush” variety that is variegated

When to use: Great for when you want softness, a blush of color, or amazing texture. Equally at home with loose, organic designs or more tailored, compact compositions. Use in bouquets, boutonnieres, table arrangements, but avoid large scale arrangements, as such a small flower might be lost in there

For more sweet pea sugariness, check out our Pinterest board!