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Sarah Raven Nasturtium Collection
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
- Self-sows
- Trailing
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Nasturtiums in the richest, burnt amber, Persian carpet colours
- Nasturtium 'Black Velvet' (Tropaeolum minus)
- Nasturtium 'Cherry Rose Jewel' (Tropaeolum majus)
- Nasturtium 'Empress of India' (Tropaeolum minus)
- Nasturtium 'Whirlybird Tangerine'
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.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
- Self-sows
- Trailing
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Container Garden, Cutting Garden, Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October
- Height
- 45cm (18in)
- Common name
- Nasturtium
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 75cm (30in)
- Cultivation
- Sow indoors March-April and plant out after last frosts, or direct sow May-July about 2cm (1in) deep in lines or blocks 20cm (8in) apart. They thrive in poor soil.
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
