Fothergill's Nasturtium Gleam Mix Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Tropaeolum majus, a historic and highly reliable garden favourite.
• Plant Class: Hardy Annual, establishing with great speed from seed to deliver non-stop summer colour within the exact same season.
• Rich Colour Spectrum: Bears a brilliant, warm mix of rich oranges, deep reds, golden yellows, and soft apricots, mostly held cleanly above the foliage.
• Unique Double Blooms: Features unique, mainly semi-double and double flowers that offer a fuller, more impactful layer of colour compared to single varieties.
• Growth & Structure: Reaches a manageable height of 40cm with a spreading trail of 45cm, maintaining a bushy, sprawling, and excellent ground-covering habit.
• Wildlife Magnet: The wide, nectar-filled blooms act as a major source of food that is highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other essential pollinators.
• Versatile Garden Layout: Exceptional for filling empty gaps in sunny borders, cascading out of large patio tubs, softening rock gardens, or acting as a natural weed-suppressing ground cover.
• Ideal Position: Performs at its absolute best when positioned in full sun and grown in poorer, well-drained soil.

Care Instructions:

• Sowing Location: For an early start, sow seeds indoors in individual small pots of moist compost from late winter to mid-spring. Alternatively, sow directly outdoors where they are to flower into finely prepared, weed-free soil once the ground has warmed in spring.
• Watering Requirements: Maintain light, regular watering during early germination and establishment; once mature, the plants require minimal watering and tolerate dry conditions beautifully.
• Plant Care: Avoid planting in highly fertile soil or applying nitrogen-rich fertilisers. Leaner, poorer soils actively encourage the plant to produce a heavy abundance of double flowers rather than hiding them under excess lush green foliage.