Nasturtium 'Bloody Mary' (Tropaeolum minus)
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
- Self-sows
Flowers vary from one plant to the next between primrose yellow with a crimson splotch and delicate veining, to almost all crimson with primrose contrasting markings, the other way round
Nasturtiums have a strong flavour and all parts of the plant are edible. You can use the young leaves and flowers in salads, and, as the plants go over, the seed heads can be used wherever you might use capers, too.
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October
- Height
- 30cm (12in)
- Common name
- Nasturtium
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- Sow 2cm deep indoors March-April and plant out after last frosts, or sow direct May-July, two seeds per station, 30cm apart, and thin to one. Semi-trailing habit.
Care Tips
Once established, nasturtiums need very little attention. If you feed them you will gain leaf at the expense of flowers, and too much watering will give the same result.
Flowering Time
July - October
