Key Features
- Produces soft cream and pink-toned flowers with attractive rounded green foliage.
- Easy-growing annual with a compact, trailing, or climbing habit depending on variety.
- Ideal for containers, hanging baskets, borders, cottage gardens, and trellises.
- Performs best in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil.
- Distinctive foliage and softly colored flowers create an elegant seasonal display.
Growing Benefits
- Adds gentle cream and pink color to garden spaces.
- Trailing growth makes it excellent for containers and hanging baskets.
- Climbing plants can provide vertical interest when supported.
- Flowers can attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects.
- Simple direct sowing makes nasturtiums suitable for beginner gardeners.
Seed Specifications
- Common Name: Nasturtium
- Botanical Name: Tropaeolum majus
- Plant Type: Annual flowering plant
- Colors: Cream, pink, and soft pink tones
- Height: Approximately twelve to eighteen inches; trailing types may spread several feet
- Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil
- Water: Moderate; allow the soil surface to dry slightly between waterings
- Germination Time: Approximately seven to fourteen days under favorable conditions
- Sowing Depth: Approximately one-half to one inch
- Spacing: Approximately eight to twelve inches
- Growing Zones: Grown as an annual in most climates; perennial in frost-free regions
- Flowering/Maturity: Generally flowers from late spring through fall, depending on climate and planting time
- Uses: Containers, hanging baskets, borders, cottage gardens, trellises, and ornamental beds
Growing Tips
- Soak the large seeds in water for several hours before sowing to soften the seed coat.
- Plant directly in loose, well-drained soil after the danger of frost has passed.
- Avoid excessive fertilizer, especially high-nitrogen products, to encourage flowering.
- Give climbing varieties a trellis or other support as they develop.
Seed Storage
Store unused seeds in a cool, dry, dark location. Keep them in their original packet or an airtight container protected from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight.
Unique Facts About Seeds
- Nasturtium is scientifically known as Tropaeolum majus and belongs to the Tropaeolaceae family.
- The plant has distinctive rounded or shield-shaped leaves carried on long stalks.
- Nasturtium varieties may grow as compact mounds, trailers, or climbers.
- Each flower has a characteristic nectar spur extending behind the bloom.
