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Tuesday, April 25. 2023

Why I like to grow Nasturtiums

I like to grow them in high pots so they can spill over. They want to be vines, not exactly upright plants.


Sure, they are colorful but the main thing is that both their peppery leaves and flowers can be thrown into a salad. 

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 15:55 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hmm. Then what was the large tree-height woody shrub that I ripped out last year? Several were Forsythia, but was told one was Nasturtium.

Doesn't seem like that was right.
#1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-06-07 14:20 (Reply)
Nope.

It's an annual plant.
#1.1 BD on 2021-06-07 14:31 (Reply)
Those take me back. We always loved nasturtiums but our lot is too shady for them. When my aunt died rather suddenly back in the day, we scavenged some nasturtiums from a friend's hanging baskets and added them to a wheat sheaf to rest on her coffin. To this day, I don't see nasturtiums but I think of my aunt.
#2 Frances on 2021-06-08 00:29 (Reply)
Nasturtiums make a great companion plant in the garden, by attracting pollinators and deterring pests.
https://thehometome.com/nasturtium-companion-plants/
#3 Zachriel on 2023-04-25 16:47 (Reply)
I grow several in my herb garden just for salad. The flowers are delicate, sweet and peppery, I didn't realize the leaves are edible too, thank you. I was reading recently that forsythia flowers, lilac flowers, dandelion and violets are edible and good for you. You can also dry them and use for medicinal teas.
#4 LP on 2023-04-25 17:44 (Reply)
I like Birdog the best when he is cooking, stalking, and gardening!
#5 Andrea Langsfeld on 2023-04-25 18:43 (Reply)
It will come to a point where you have to grow your own food or be exposed to toxic depopulationist ingredients.
Grandparents used to make a salad right out of the garden lot next to the house to enjoy then pick and grin on the porch with banjos and guitars until sunset.
We will have to get back to the old ways before the deliberate fundamental transformation wipeout.
#6 Lewis Medlock on 2023-04-25 19:51 (Reply)
We grow nasturtiums for salad, both flowers and leaves. The small tender leaves are the best. The flowers are awfully showy in a salad bowl. Lots of herb flowers are good in salads, too, and very pretty.
#7 Texan99 on 2023-04-26 10:07 (Reply)

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