Not true. I just planted my seeds for nasturtium 'Alaska' which will flower
profusely all winter. They are cool weather annuals. Sometimes in the summer
they go dormant and come back out about now...several of the plants I had last
winter are now starting to push up shoots from the ground.

Up north, they can grow very well in late fall into winter and can tolerate a
light frost.

Victoria


On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:28:26 -0700, "gregpresley" opined:

Sam, if you were asking for nasturtiums now, (late October), they might have
been looking at you strangely because no store in North America would be
selling nasturtium plants at this time of year. They are summer annuals -
best planted by seed, but occasionally sold as seedlings in flats, available
in late April - May.
I would recommend looking for seeds anyway - the plants are easy to
grow from the big seeds, and of course it's MUCH cheaper than buying flats.
"Sam" wrote in message
...
While I was down at HomeDepot, I asked several pelple from the garden
department for "nasturtium." They looked at me as if I was from Mars!
One of them actually pointed me to the vegetable section!!! I was
wondering if it goes by some "common" name that the HD people would
recognize!

PS if anyone has a pic (or link with pic) handy, it would go a long
way! Because then, I can just show them the pick and say: this is what
I'm looking for! ;-)

Thanks!
Sam