Sourcing Sweet Pea Seeds

In the middle part of the 20th century, there was a booming market for gardening and garden seeds, including sweet peas, which were very popular among home gardeners. After falling a little bit out of fashion, the sweet pea craze has returned to the United States, but we’re still a little bereft of good sources for seed, most of which come from the UK and require expensive phytosanitary certificates to import.

You’ll see a huge influx of sweet pea seed companies pop up in the next few years, including a line of seeds from this farm, but until then, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite sources. There are some that are well known that I am intentionally leaving off of this list.

ARDELIA FARM
Vermont & Portugal
*a quick note that Ardelia is taking a year off after a challenging 2023 growing season, but this is hands down my favorite place to get seeds.

ENCHANTING SWEET PEAS
Sebastopol, California

SWEET PEA GARDENS
Chehalis, Washington

RENEE’S GARDEN
Felton, California

JOHNNY’S SEEDS
Winslow, Maine

SELECT SEEDS
Union, CT