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Nasturtium Seed
Tropaeolum majus
- Scrambling and rambling in a mass of rich bright colours.
- A cheerful Summer ground cover.
- Can also be eaten in salads or the seeds pickled as a caper alternative.
Supplied as a packet of approximately 45 seeds.
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Description
Our scrambling rambling blend of rich bright colours makes a stunning Summer ground cover and is especially useful to trail down a steep sunny bank as trails can be up to 5 - 6 feet (1.5 - 1.8 metres) in length - they can partially climb too given support. These also make a lovely hanging basket plant.
Trails can be cut and placed in a low bowl of water in a sunny window and will continue to grow and flower in the home.
- Annual.
- Sow March to May under protection in small pots or module trays and just cover.
- Grow on under cover before hardening off and planting out after any further frosts.
- Plant out 2 feet (60 cm) apart.
- Nasturtiums thrive in full sun and poor soils.
- Culinary Uses
- Both the flowers and leaves can be chopped and added to salads to give a pleasant peppery kick (the leaves are more peppery than the flowers); the cheerful flowers can also be used as a garnish to drinks and Summer salads to give them a tropical look.
- Come the Autumn the plants will set seed these can be saved for next year or can be pickled and used as an alternative to capers.
- Other Uses
- A further use of this wonderful plant is as a sacrificial food plant for cabbage white caterpillars; the butterflies love them, and a few Nasturtiums planted on the vegetable patch should help to keep your Brassicas clear of caterpillars as the butterflies will choose Nasturtiums over Brassicas as a place to lay their eggs.
- Similarly Aphids and Blackfly will also be attracted to them so once again they can be used as a sacrificial host plant on your veg garden allowing your vegetables to grow in peace!
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