Nasturtium Flower Botanical Description. Is a rare water-cress hybrid in New England known from CT NH. 10052020 The open trumpetshaped flowers come in a range of colours from red and orange to pale yellow.
Theyre great as a groundcover in large containers hanging baskets or trailing out of raised beds and down slopes. Nasturtium officinale Nasturtium sterile Airy-Shaw Oefel. The blooms can exceed 25 inches.
A new and distinct cultivar of Nasturtium plant named Ahiru no Ashi characterized by its compact upright and mounded to trailing plant habit.
Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen as the foliage will then cover the flowers. Nasturtium flowers are small to medium in size averaging 2-6 centimeters in diameter and typically have five petals that vary in shape from broad and wide to oval depending on the variety. Bright beautiful flowers and edible leaves pods and blooms. Sepals erect to ascending base or lateral pair not sac-like.