Flower / Shoulder season
Jewel Mix Nasturtium
Container edges, edible flower beds, and pollinator color.
Peppery edible leaves and flowers.
Seed spacing and maturity
- Days to maturity
- 55
- Germination temperature
- 55-75F
- Seed depth
- 0.5 inches
- Spacing
- 10 inches
- Row spacing
- 18 inches
- Start method
- Direct sow
Frost-date timing
- Direct sow
- on last frost
- Fall planting
- 8 weeks before first frost
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Moderate water; tolerates leaner soil.
- Soil
- Well-drained soil; too much fertility favors leaves over flowers.
- Watch
- Rich fertilizer can reduce flowering.
- edible-flowers
- containers
- pollinators
- trailing
Browse context
- Flower Catalog Category collection
- Nasturtium Family Rotation and family context
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Source: Seed Savers seed saving guide