Easily grown, marbled foliage and hot coloured flowers. Excellent for patio tubs and borders.
Features: Easily grown, marbled foliage and hot colour flowers.
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors for earlier flowers, 1.5cm (1/2") deep, individually in small pots of compost. Keep moist. Gradually accustom plnts to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 30cm (1') apart, when frosts are over.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors where they are to flower, 1.5cm (1/2") deep, directly into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Sow two seeds together every 20cm (8"). Seedlings appear in 21-28 days. Remove the weaker plant, which can be transplanted eleswhere if desired. Water well until young plants are established.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Full sun
Hints & Tips: Do not feed nasturtiums, as this will encourage leafy growth rather than flowers. They do well on poor, hungry soils an withstand fairly dry conditions.
