Thanks Jim
I thought it might be the case and also good news on my saved sweet peas.

Thanks both of you for your comments

.....................Leslie


"Jim Paterson" wrote in message
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"Therefore" wrote in message
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Ideas please , I have grown, red rum, white emergo, and pink flowered
sunset.

Will these have cross pollinated or can I save these seeds and still
have
seperate types.

These varieties are self pollinating and do very well, so would be good
use
the saved seeds.

......................Leslie

You will find that as in common with most legumes they have hooded
flowers, ie the sex parts are located within the keel and generally
protected from the activities of pollinating insects. On occasion you will
get cross pollination but that is the exception rather than the rule.
On hybridisation programmes to breed new varieties the hybridiser has to
strip the flowers to gain access. A good example of the rarity of this
sort
of thing is sweetpeas where a commercial grower will find less than a
handful of rogues in a field of several acres.