Nasturtium Fiesta Blend Organic Seed

Tropaeolum majus

Item #7500

LARGE PACKET

Annual. Every salad should have edible nasturtium flowers! Fiesta Blend is a spicy feast of color with flowers in orange, yellow and orange/peach bi-colors. Brighten up hanging baskets and large containers. This beautiful plant is especially exquisite gracing a stone garden wall. The blossom petals are a festive addition to salads and pastas. Plant some in your vegetable patch for an insect, rabbit and deer deterrent. Withstands coastal salty air.

Annual

Full sun or light shade

Blooms spring
to fall

12”-16” tall

Days to Emerge:
10 days

Seed Depth:
1/2”

Seed Spacing:
A group of
3 seeds
every 6”-12”

Thinning:
When 2” tall,
thin to 1
every 6”-12”

When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost. In very hot summer regions, sow in fall for winter bloom.

When to start inside: Not recommended. Seedlings do not transplant well; sow directly into desired location outside.

Special germination instructions: Seed requires darkness to germinate. Sow at the recommended depth of 1/2". Soak seed in water for 12 - 24 hours before sowing.

Artist: Carolyn Crawford

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