Description

Annual, trailing nasturtiums can be grown as a groundcover or climber. They may need to be tied into the climbing frame, at least to begin with, because they have no tendrils with which to grip. Nasturtiums have brightly coloured flowers in varieties of yellow or orange which attract beneficial insects. Occasionally flowers may be a lighter colour. 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.