Description

Nasturtium ‘Canary Creeper’ is an annual with unusual-shaped yellow flowers that somewhat resemble a bird. Nasturtiums are trailing plants that can be trained as climbers. Nasturtiums are tolerant of poor soil. Flowers and young leaves are edible, usually eaten raw. Single petals can add a touch of colour and a peppery kick to a salad. Immature seed heads can be used as ‘poor man’s capers’. Nasturtiums are drought tolerant once established.
The wide, open flowers mean that nasturtiums can easily cross-pollinate so the seeds which self-sow may not be the same colour as those which grew in the same place the previous year. In order to maintain the ‘Canary Creeper’ strain, hand pollinate then cover the fertilised flower to block insect visits (or grow only ‘Canary Creeper’).