A spectacular trailing nasturtium for all your baskets and patio containers, where it will produce a colourful cascade of vibrant ‘dayglow’ blooms throughout the summer. Lovely mixed with other hanging basket plants. Flowers July-September. Height 30-40cm (12-16″). HA – Hardy annual.
Culinary information: The peppery flavour of the leaves and colourful flowers will enrich salads and the unripe seeds can used like capers – delicious combined with cream cheese or butter in canapés. For more details about edible flowers click here.
Growing Information
Sow March-June outdoors, flowers June-September. Very easily grown, versatile plants, flowering freely throughout the summer. Happiest in free-draining soil in sunny positions, they can be used to cover banks, fences and hedges, provide colour in beds, borders and pots and trail from hanging baskets.
Sowing Information
Sow the seed thinly direct into your basket or container of compost 13mm (1/2″) deep. Germination normally takes 10-14 days. As the seedlings develop, thin to achieve a final spacing of 8cm (3″). Alternatively, sow in pots, on a windowsill or in a greenhouse at approx. 13-18°C (55-65°F) 3 or 4 seeds to a 7.5cm (3″) pot. Plant out after careful acclimatisation to outside conditions. May also be used for ground cover on dry banks.
