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Are nasturtiums like this even possible in the UK? Anyone had it look something like that?
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Are nasturtiums like this even possible in the UK? Anyone had it look something like that?


Are nasturtiums like this even possible in the UK? Anyone had it look something like that?

by Prior-Meeting1645

16 Comments

  1. Jungle_George_

    Perfectly possible in the UK and really easy to grow from seed, just push them straight into the ground in late spring!

  2. Unusual-Lettuce4517

    Yes, its possible. The most important thing about nasturtium is they will absolutely not flower in a fertile soil/compost. They will grow massive but with very few flowers. If you grow them in poor soil, they will flower lots.

  3. Rufus_T_Firefly2

    I grew some the same colour as this in soil that contained a lot of builder’s sand. As other commentators have said, the poorer the soil the better chance of prolific flowering.

  4. Odd_raz_1984

    Yeah mine looked like that in South Wales until the caterpillars got in there

  5. Plus_Mirror_4917

    Yes we’ve had a full basket of them this year and they’re like that all along our front garden fence, they only get the morning sun in the front and they are thriving!

  6. Jazzvirus

    We’ve had 6 plants that were absolutely massive 6′ long easily and pretty bushy, there were 5 which were not and 1 that’s tiny. They were all orange to start off with then yellows and reds and then the caterpillars came. Grown from home bargains seeds.

  8. KellytheWorrier

    I wish I could grow a nasturtium flower. I can barely get them to germinate. Tried sanding them, soaking them, putting them in the freezer, in the dark, in full sun, in compost, mud from the garden, and threw some on the ground. One germinated later in the year finally…

  9. Aiken_Drumn

    One of the easiest flowers I’ve ever grown…

  10. NeckDeepPink

    I grow them for the butterflies like my grandfather taught me. I remember he had them cover a large space. I have fond memories of us looking for butterfly eggs

  12. Soppydogg

    Looks like an all you can eat buffet for cabbage whites 😁

  13. Grazza123

    Edinburgh here. Mine are like that right now

  14. MathematicianSad8487

    Yes . I had them taken over last year . Completely rampant but near choked out everything else .

  15. Lev_Myschkin

    I keep trying to grow them but every year some hideous pest wipes them out.

    This year it was blackfly. Last year cabbage whites. The year before, hens.

    Maybe I need to try poorer soil, perhaps it gives them more resilience? (Well not against hens, but hopefully blackfly).

  16. Suspicious-Brick

    Yes! My self seed all year. Some of the ones flowering now are seeds from ones that were flowering in May.

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