Sprinkling Nasturtium Here and There
19 Dec 2009 1 Comment
in Cooking, Flowers, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: beginning gardener, edible nasturtium, Nadia's Nasturtium, planting nasturtium
Nasturtium is one of my favorite flowers to plant around the garden. This is the all around easy, fun and yummy flower. They never let me down, always poking up out of the soil just weeks after planting them, growing rapidly and bursting into these awesome yellow and orange flowers that are edible! Nasturtium are my favorites mostly because I make cupcakes for special occasions and this flower makes a perfect cupcake topping. The peppery flavor of Nasturtium complements salads and pairs well when infused in vinegar. When I had a backyard rabbit, she loved eating the nasturtium in low-lying planters and that’s how I started planting them “Here and There”.
****************** Nasturtium Facts: ******************
* A super fun botanical name. Also known as “Trapaeolum Majus”. It is considered a flower and a vegetable.
Nasturtium Seeds
* Native annual flower to Central and South America.
* Great for growing in containers, or trellised as a climbing flower.
* Plant in a hanging basket for a trailing down effect.
* Homeopathic uses: for sore throats chew on Nasturtium leaves.
* Use as a companion plant in-between vegetables to deter pests such as white fly and aphids.
* Actually grows better in poor and sandy soil.
* Plant seeds 1/2 Inch deep and 10″ apart in a sunny or partial shade area.
* The leaves and the flowers can be used to season vinegar, decorate cupcakes and desserts, or toss in salads.
* Germination occurs in only 14 days- this a rewarding and fast grower.
* A perfect flower/vegetable for the beginning gardener.
Nadia's First Nasturtium Bloom
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Dec 19, 2009 @ 15:14:37
I fed my bearded dragons nasturtium leaves this morning and they loved it… just a fyi since I had not tried this before doing the blog earlier.