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Sprouting Nasturtium 'Blue Pepe'

Sprouting Nasturtium 'Blue Pepe'

Delicious peppery flavour and a lovely looking and tasty leaf for our mixed salad bowls.
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20 seeds

DELIVERY INFORMATION
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sow Under Cover
Direct Sow/ Plant Out
Flowers/ Harvest

Details:

Type
Edible Crop
Position
Kitchen Garden
Soil
Broad Tolerance
Height
30cm (12in)
Group/Species
majus
Common name
Nasturtium
Moisture
Moist but Well-drained
Aspect
Full Sun
Spread
75cm (30in) - Trailing
Cultivation
Direct sow May-July about 2cm deep and 20cm apart. Sow two seeds together in each position. If both seeds germinate, remove the weaker plant, which can be transplanted elsewhere in the garden. Water well until plants are established.

Description

We’ve long grown and savoured nasturtium flowers for decorating salads and soups, but in 2019 we trialled mini nasturtium leaves for harvesting too. They have the same delicious peppery flavour and provide another lovely looking and tasty leaf for our mixed salad bowls. For successional sowing and harvesting all year.

Please note, illustrated packets are being introduced gradually over the coming months, availability may vary.

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.

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.