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Plant details
Nasturtiums are easy to grow, vigorous annuals with large disc-shaped leaves that smell like capers and bright flowers from mid-summer onwards. A non-trailing variety is 'Empress of India' which has deep red, semi-double flowers and purple-green leaves. Nasturtiums root easily from stem cuttings or from seed which can be sown directly in to the ground in mid spring.
Family: Tropaeolaceae
Genus: Tropaeolum
Species: majus
Cultivar: Empress of India
Plant type: Hardy annual
Flower colour: Red
Foliage colour: Dark green
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Dry, Sandy
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 30cm
Spread: 45cm
Flowering period: June to September
Reader reviews
ladynellington
Lovely plant, but a sucker for cabbage whites! My initial solution was to distract the butterflies from laying eggs on it with placing a highly scented oriental lily next to it - but after my lily lost its flowers the pests were back and within a few days my poor plant was consumed by larvae and caterpillars.
However, the flowers make a lovely addition to a salad - taste mellow but sweet.
gardendadrob
lovely plant i had several last year in the garden i just had one problem when i got them flowering i had lots of lots of little black tiny bugs under the leaves and the leaves started dieing off any one with ideas what they could be
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