<p>Big, beautiful, cherry-rose flowers carpet the foliage of this plant. Produce blooming plants within 60 days from a May sowing. Space 25cm (10 in) apart. Height 30-40cm (12-16 in).</p><p>Direct seed in may where the plants are to grow in sunshine or part shade. Germinates at 18C in 14 days. Blooms in 10 weeks. Space 25cm apart, height 30-40cm. Approx. 7 seeds/g. Aphids are a serious problem with nasturtiums, but this can be put to good use in a vegetable area where a clump of nasturtiums can draw them away from your crop plants.</p><p>The spicy flowers and leaves are edible, they contain mustard oil. Leaves are used as a salad green and young seed pods are pickled like capers. T. majus varieties are the true old-fashioned nasturtium, having been in cultivation for over 300 years.</p>
