This particular flower are versatile,
they are attractive in the landscape and also useful in the garden. From my
little experience nasturtium plants are fully edible and growing them can be
used to lure aphids away from other plants in the garden. This plant is really easy
to grow and they may be climbing, cascading or bushy. This plant care is
minimal, actually this plant is one of those specimens that thrive on neglect. In
most case rich fertile soil or even too much fertilizer can result in lush
foliage growth and few nasturtium flowers. Furthermore, the old-fashioned
nasturtium plant, Tropaeolum majus, is popular in the garden as an edible. Nasturtium
flowers can be use as a spiller in window boxes and hanging baskets. You can plant
bush type nasturtiums as aphid traps in the vegetable garden. Growing
nasturtiums plant can also add a peppery taste to salads or decorate a cake.
Different varieties of Nasturtium
Nasturtium plant is an easy to grow
plant that comes in more than 50 varieties. Whichever variety you choose to
grow in your garden, make sure you plant in a full to part sun area with
well-drained but otherwise poor soil for more and bigger blooms. From my own
experience dwarf and variegated nasturtium varieties add an ornamental element
to small containers or mixed in with solid green foliage plants and white
blooms. Actually if you are using the nasturtium in a container combination, just
make sure the other plants do not require a lot of water or fertilizer, as the
nasturtium needs little of either.
Steps on how to grow Nasturtiums
The large seeds of the nasturtium
plants need to be sown directly into their permanent location, as nasturtium
flowers do not really transplant well. If you actually want to start seeds of
nasturtium flowers you need to transplant them, you can use peat pots which can
be planted into the ground without disturbing the roots of the growing
nasturtium seedling. The seed coat can be manipulated for faster germination
when growing nasturtium flower. You can nick the seed or soak it overnight in
lukewarm water. Make sure you plant immediately into a container or area of the
garden which allows plenty of room for growth. You can actually place a trellis
near the planting area of climbing nasturtium varieties and then train the
colorful vines to climb with little effort. Now that you have actually seen the
simple ways on how to grow nasturtiums, you can add several in the spring and
summer landscape. Like I said earlier care of nasturtiums is amazingly simple, just
plant them and forget them.
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