Nasturtium
- Botanical Name
- Tropaeolum majus
- Hardiness
- Half hardy annual
- Height
- 8 to 12 inches
- Width
- 12 to 14 inches
- Flowers
- Summer to frost: yellow, orange, red, white; edible
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained to gravelly
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 8 to 12 inches apart
- Problems
- Aphids, mites, looper, leaf spot (trap plant)
- Varieties
- Alaska Series - variegated foliage
- Jewel Series - semi and double flowers
- Whirlybird - no spurs on flowers, face upward
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