Description

Nasturtium ‘Cherry Rose’ is an annual trailing plant which can be grown as a groundcover or trained as a climber. Cherry red flowers attract beneficial insects. All parts of the plant, including young seed, are edible. 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 ‘Cherry Rose’ strain, hand pollinate then cover the fertilised flower to block insect visits (or grow only ‘Cherry Rose’).