Nasturtium 'Empress of India' (Tropaeolum majus)
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Self-sows
- Good for Cutting
- Scented
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
With dark green and crimson leaves, and ruby-orange flowers, this climbing and trailing nasturtium is a firm favourite. Eat it too
Nasturtiums have a strong flavour and all parts of the plant are edible. You can use the young leaves and flowers in salads, and, as the plants go over, the seed heads can be used wherever you might use capers, too.
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Self-sows
- Good for Cutting
- Scented
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Container Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - October, 10-12 weeks from sowing
- Height
- 45cm (18in)
- Common name
- Nasturtium
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 45cm (18in)
- Cultivation
- Sow 2cm deep indoors March-April and plant out after last frosts, or sow direct May-July, two seeds per station, 30cm apart, and thin to one. Semi-trailing habit.
Care Tips
Once established, nasturtiums need very little attention. If you feed them you will gain leaf at the expense of flowers, and too much watering will give the same result.
Flowering Time
June - October, 10-12 weeks from sowing
