Description
Climbing Nasturtium earns its keep three ways: generous flowers, edible leaves and blooms, and hardworking pest-trap duty in the vegetable patch. Round lily-pad leaves carry spurred blooms in scarlet, orange and gold on a vigorous climbing habit.
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- Edible peppery flowers and leaves
- Classic trap crop – draws aphids away from beans and brassicas
- Climbs a trellis or trails from a basket
- Flowers best in poor soil; needs almost no care
Growing guide
- Sow: direct after last frost, 1.5 cm (1/2 in) deep
- Germination: 7-12 days at 18-21 C (65-70 F)
- Spacing: 25-30 cm (10-12 in) apart with a support to climb
- Light: full sun; blooms 50-60 days from sowing
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