Garden nasturtium 'Trailing Mixed Colours'

Tropaeolum majus

How to grow Garden nasturtium 'Trailing Mixed Colours'

  • Partial Sun

  • Medium

Plant in a location that enjoys partial sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Trailing Mixed Colours is thought of as hardy, so this plant will grow or become dormant during the winter. Ideally plant in loamy, sandy and clay soil and try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.1 and 7.8 as Trailing Mixed Colours likes to be in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Trailing Mixed Colours from seed

If you soak the seeds in a glass of water overnight, before sowing them, they germinate a lot better!

Sow at a depth of approx. 0.5 inches (1.27 cm) and aim for a distance of at least 1.95 inches (5.0 cm) between Garden nasturtium plants.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Trailing Mixed Colours about 14 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Trailing Mixed Colours

As the seedlings develop, thin to achieve a final spacing of 25cm.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Trailing Mixed Colours is a hardy plant.

Harvesting Trailing Mixed Colours