Fothergill's Nasturtium Jewel Cherry Rose Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Tropaeolum majus, a dependable and highly celebrated garden favourite.
• Plant Class: Hardy Annual, establishing rapidly from seed to deliver a heavy profusion of flowers within the same season.
• Unique Cherry Rose Blooms: Bears eye-catching, hot pink to rich cherry-rose flowers featuring a full, semi-double structure that maximizes colour impact.
• Dual-Purpose Edible Crop: A brilliant addition to a kitchen garden; both the vibrant pink flowers and rounded green leaves are entirely edible, offering a crisp, peppery flavour that adds a gourmet twist to summer salads.
• Growth & Structure: Reaches a neat, uniform height of just 30cm (12in) with a compact, dwarf, and non-trailing bushy habit that holds its shape effortlessly.
• Wildlife Magnet: The nectar-rich blooms add valuable ecological benefits to your garden, acting as a major food source that is highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other essential pollinators.
• Versatile Garden Layout: Perfectly proportioned for packing into standalone patio containers, filling window boxes, lining sunny border edges, or accenting small urban plots.
• Ideal Position: Performs at its absolute best when positioned in full sun and grown in light, well-drained soil.

Care Instructions:

• Sowing Location: For an early display, sow seeds undercover 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 spring ground has warmed.
• Watering Requirements: Maintain regular watering during the early germination and establishment stages; once mature, water moderately as they are notably drought-tolerant.
• Plant Care: Grow in poor to average, well-drained soil. Avoid applying nitrogen-rich fertilisers, as overly fertile or fed soil will encourage the plant to produce excess lush foliage while completely hiding the beautiful cherry-rose flowers.