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Climbing Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus

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Climbing Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus

LATIN NAME: Tropaeolum majus

COMMON NAME: Nasturtium

The nasturtium spreads its round, shield-shaped leaves and the bright, spurred flowers, and the whole plant carries the fresh, peppery look of the warm border. The low, trailing, bushy, annual plant carries the round, shield-shaped, long-stalked, bright-green leaves and the bright, funnel-shaped, five-petalled, spurred, orange, yellow, red or cream flowers through the warm season, one of the fine, bright sights of the border and the salad garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, wrinkled seeds. The leaves and the flowers have a very long record as the fine, peppery greens of the old salad bowls, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the warm border. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The nasturtium is a historic subject of the plant science, and the spurred flowers keep showing up in the work on the warm-season annuals. The way the bright, funnel-shaped, five-petalled, spurred flowers form above the shield-shaped leaves has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-season annuals, the peppery greens and the members of the nasturtium family. The round leaves and the trailing habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the nasturtium is a regular subject of the work on the spurred flowers of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The nasturtium is a fine, bright plant of the border and the salad garden. The bright, funnel-shaped, five-petalled, spurred, orange, yellow, red or cream flowers open through the warm season, one of the fine, bright sights of the border, drawing the bees, and the round, shield-shaped leaves and the flowers have a very long record as the fine, peppery greens of the old salad bowls, the fresh leaves and the petals coming to the salads, the sandwiches and the vinegars of the old kitchens, to be followed by the small, round, wrinkled seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the border, the salad garden and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the peppery greens and the very long history. It is a fine, bright plant of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.

Give the young plants the deep, well-drained bed, and the spurred flowers will open through the warm season.

To grow the nasturtium from seed, sow the large, round, ridged seeds a centimetre down in the deep pot of fine, gritty soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings are up within a week or two and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, well-drained ground, the spurred flowers will open through the warm season.

 

 

 

 

SYNONYMS: Tropaeolum minus hort.

LATIN NAME: Tropaeolum majus

COMMON NAMES: Climbing Nasturtium, Indian Cress, Garden Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus climbing type is a fast‑growing warm‑season trailing annual originating from South American mountain regions. Long twisting vines spread vigorously and scale trellises, fences and garden supports. Distinct circular peltate leaves add lush green texture across sprawling stems. Bright spurred blooms in golden‑yellow, fiery orange and deep red open freely through summer, drawing bees and pollinator insects. Its flowers and young foliage carry a gentle peppery character and are favoured for edible‑garden arrangements. This undemanding ornamental vine performs wonderfully for vertical garden displays, border trailing plantings and large container culture. Seed‑raised stock brings energetic, freely‑branching vines and preserves natural colour variation within planting lots.
Growing climbing nasturtium from seed brings practical gardening value. Seed‑raised vines build robust fibrous root systems that make good use of ordinary garden soils. Pre‑season indoor sowing brings earlier flowering as soon as outdoor temperatures warm up. Natural variation in seed batches yields nice differences in blossom hue and vine vigour among individual plants.
Seed material comes from mature three‑lobed dry fruits that form once blooming finishes. Collect ripening seed segments before they drop naturally. Separate large, wrinkled rounded seeds from dry plant debris. Overnight lukewarm‑water soaking softens the firm outer seed coat and supports steady moisture intake. Cold stratification is unnecessary for this warm‑season annual. Fully dried seed maintains reliable planting vigour in cool dry storage.
Sow pre‑soaked seeds into average‑fertility, sharply draining seed‑starting medium. Bury seeds at moderate depth, as darkness favours positive seed activation. Bright filtered light supports young seedling development. Keep substrate evenly moist and avoid water‑logged conditions. Under pleasant warm soil temperatures, sturdy seedlings push through the medium in quick succession.
Young seedlings produce characteristic circular nasturtium leaves and begin extending flexible vine stems rapidly. Gentle thinning reduces competition and gives each seedling enough underground room for root growth. Direct outdoor sowing avoids transplant shock; if started indoors, move young plants with minimal root disturbance after frost risk disappears. Placed in full‑sun positions with good drainage, these seed‑raised vines spread and climb eagerly. Lush vines produce wave after wave of colourful spurred flowers all summer long. Mature plants readily drop viable seed, bringing welcome new nasturtium seedlings to suitable garden spaces in the following growing cycle.

Uses: Culinary/Medicinal/Beverage

Young leaves make a pleasant pepper substitute in pepper-restricted diets. They have unusually high vitamin C content. Immature green seeds can substitute for capers, and in tossed salads flowers add an interesting touch. Climber with strong vines up to 2m/6ft high; for trellises, fences or poles. Spicy fragrance and gorgeous mix of colours.

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