General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Flowers
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Raw
Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: 1/2 inch
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

Image
Common names
  • Nasturtium
  • Indian Cress

Photo Gallery

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On April 3, 2020 Transplanted
planted germinated seeds direct
lovesblooms On April 1, 2020 Seeds germinated
after 24-hr water soak and then damp paper towel in baggy at room temp
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Garden Nasturtiums Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Garden Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)

« The Garden Nasturtiums Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Visual_Botanics and is called "All that detail"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.