Nasturtium flowers make a fantastic addition to your home base garden .

The nasturtium flush , seeds , and leaves are edible . They also add beauty to your vegetable garden and are great for companion planting .

Nasturtiums areherbal flowersthat come in many colors and have two growing drug abuse : bush and mounting .

Edible flower border in a veggie garden

The climbing nasturtiums will also grow around your vegetable , or upwards . They can spread quite far so be mindful of where you engraft them . I know adding the bush nasturtium into a blossom moulding .

Growing Nasturtium Flowers

you could directly seed them outside , or you could start them indoors if you wish for earlier blooms . Start 2 - 4 weeks before last saltation frost if develop indoors . They can manage full sun or fond tad .

They are drought tolerant making them a cracking choice for areas with hot summer . In partial spook you ’ll get more foliage and sprawling . I tend to do both , protrude some a few week before the last spring Robert Frost , then I also like a shot sow them out of doors in mid - May .

Many caller grow a specialization mix exclusive to them like the many fromRenee ’s Garden . If you want to spring up them in containers , then bush compact varieties are best . you could also create a trellis for them in a container , or countenance them straggle everywhere !

Companion planting with nasturtiums

Nasturtiums are annuals but seed are very easy to carry through . Many the great unwashed pickle them as ‘ caper ’ .

Nasturtium Flowers are Edible

Besides being beautiful additions to your garden , nasturtium flowers are eatable . Their leaves are specially delicious .

Companion Planting Nasturtium Flowers

hummingbird love nasturtium efflorescence too !

Pictures of Nasturtium Flowers

Nasturtium Flowers Varieties

There are many different types of nasturtium flowers in many wonderful colouring .

Great climbing nasturtium varieties

Compact bush varieties (great for containers)

What is your favorite variety?

Bees enjoy nasturtium flowers

Nasturtiums help to repel aphids away from plants

Edible flowers- Nasturtiums

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Nasturtium Flowers for companion planting

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