Key Features
- Produces attractive hanging-style growth with colorful nasturtium blooms.
- Features rounded green leaves that create a lush, ornamental appearance.
- Excellent for hanging baskets, containers, borders, and cascading garden displays.
- Adds a distinctive vertical element to patios, balconies, and cottage gardens.
- Easy-to-grow flowering plant suitable for beginner-friendly home gardens.
Growing Benefits
- Adds attractive cascading growth to containers and hanging baskets.
- Creates colorful seasonal interest in garden spaces.
- Makes excellent use of vertical and limited gardening areas.
- Provides attractive foliage alongside decorative flowers.
- Offers a rewarding and relatively simple growing experience.
Seed Specifications
- Common Name: Garden Nasturtium, Hanging Nasturtium
- Botanical Name: Tropaeolum majus
- Plant Type: Annual flowering plant
- Colors: Blue-toned flowers as described for this seed variety
- Height: Approximately one to two feet, with trailing growth potentially extending farther
- Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil
- Water: Moderate watering with good drainage
- Germination Time: Typically about one to two weeks
- Sowing Depth: About half an inch deep
- Spacing: Approximately eight to twelve inches apart
- Growing Zones: Grown as an annual in most climates; perennial in frost-free areas
- Flowering/Maturity: Generally flowers several weeks after sowing under favorable conditions
- Uses: Hanging baskets, containers, borders, flower beds, balconies, patios, and cottage gardens
Growing Tips
- Soak seeds briefly before planting to help soften their firm outer coating.
- Sow directly into the final container or garden location when possible.
- Use well-draining soil and avoid excessive fertilizer for better flowering.
- Give trailing plants enough room to spread and cascade naturally.
Seed Storage
Store unused seeds in a cool, dry, dark location away from moisture and sunlight. Keep them in an airtight container to protect them from humidity and temperature fluctuations.
Unique Facts About Seeds
- Nasturtium seeds are relatively large and have a firm seed coat.
- Tropaeolum majus is native to South America and belongs to the Tropaeolaceae family.
- Nasturtiums are known for their rounded leaves and distinctive funnel-shaped flowers.
- Nasturtium flowers and leaves have traditionally been grown as edible plants with a peppery flavor.
