Thread: Nasturtiums
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Old 18-03-2003, 06:44 PM
Minteeleaf
 
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Default Nasturtiums

NS9G wrote:

I think I spelled it right. Anyhow, I have become attracted to them in the
past few years but not having much luck with them and can find little
information on them. In your experience, do they do better in full sun, part
shade or shade? Anybody have recommendations for varieties to plant in
Southern Indiana?

Bob


I'm not in southern Indiana, but here's what I do about
nasturtiums. I've planted them here in partial shade &
watered them daily when it's hot. They do well in poor soils.
They don't like their feet wet.

One experience I had: I had 2 packets of nasturtium seeds
that were several years old. Decided to plant them, if they
came up, good, if not, oh well. Planted them very late, the
end of June. They were a climbing variety that goes to 6' tall.
To my astonishment they were up in 4 days & climbed as much as
they could & bloomed their hearts out, with huge leaves & flowers
a good 6" across. They went on until a really hard frost in Nov,
gorgeous colors & leaves & huge sized. I had a 22 foot long wall
over half-covered with them. What a gorgeous display it was.

Minteeleaf