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Nasturtium.

Furface Checking The Nasturtium Patch For Flower Cats.
Furface Checking The Nasturtium Patch For Flower Cats.

Higgledy Flower School 2016. #26. Nasturtium.

Ok…Nasturtiums may not be the first flower you think about when thinking about cut flower growing but they make up for any shortfalling in this department by overflowing with old world charm. Most folk are aware that the young leaves and the flowers can be used in salads and pastas…and that they can be used to attract Black fly away from runner beans but the main reason I grow them is because I like them loitering around the garden looking all cheery and Mediterranean.

My favourites are the climbing and scrambling variety which like to do their own thing and cover everything in their path with flowery love.

Climbing nasturtium
Ding dong!

“Nasturtium flowers are versatile; attractive in the landscape and useful in the garden. Nasturtium plants are fully edible and growing nasturtiums can be used to lure aphids away from other plants in the garden.

Nasturtium plants are easy to grow and may be climbing, cascading or bushy. Care of nasturtiums is minimal; in fact, nasturtium plants are one of those specimens that thrive on neglect. Rich, fertile soil or too much fertilizer results in lush foliage growth and few nasturtium flowers.

The old-fashioned nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, is popular in the garden as an edible. Use nasturtium flowers as a spiller in window boxes and hanging baskets. Plant bush type nasturtiums as aphid traps in the vegetable garden. Growing nasturtiums may add a peppery taste to salads or decorate a cake.” Becca Badgett

Some Nasturtium Growing Tips.

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*Nasturtiums seem to prefer growing where they are sown rather than being transplanted from pots. I direct sow in April…but I usually get MUCH bigger plants from the ones that have self seeded the previous year….they easily overwinter here in Cornwall.

*Make sure your bed is weed free before you sow.

*Sow about 2 cm deep and 30 cm apart. (I sow two seeds in the same spot then simply keep the strongest one and dispatch the weaker one.)

*Make sure the bed gets lots of sun.

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*Nasturtiums aren’t keen on soil that is too rich…a poor and gritty soil is their favourite place to hang out.

*I am fond the wonderful and warm reds of ‘Scarlet Munchkin’….it is a climber (Or trailer) too….a great variety.

Kind regards

Benjamin Higgledy

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