toni
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: My first Nasturtium |
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On November 17th, my first ever Nasturtium bloomed. Back in August I planted some seeds just because and got lots of smallish plants. I figured mid-November and no blooms meant that I would have to try earlier next year.
This morning I found this, isn't she sweet?
My first ever Nasturtium ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
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eileen
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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She's a real litle beauty Toni. I love nasturtiums as they not only look good - their leaves and flowers are great in salads. 
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Netty
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Way to go! And they smell nice too 
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cherylad
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Gorgeous! Congratulations
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What a beauty! Are you going to eat it?
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful! Are they in the family of geraniums? I ask because of the leaves!
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toni
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They are in the same Order: Geraniales but the next step is Family and they are different from there on down the line.
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daisybeans
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Pretty and yummy. Aren't the leaves so pretty too?
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debbieteale
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Nasturtiums look lovely, but a word of warning. They can take over whole gardens while you're looking the other way.....
You've been warned!
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cajunbelle
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Toni, in our Texas and Louisiana heat they actually do better as cool season annuals. They will die down when the heat gets them.
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| debbieteale wrote: | Nasturtiums look lovely, but a word of warning. They can take over whole gardens while you're looking the other way.....
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I really like it when they take off. The show they make is lovely.  And if they go too far we eat them.
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EJ
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Love 'em. The frost finishes them off in my garden, but they seed around the pond and look great. I also grow them on the allotment as a sacrifical plant as the blackfly are attracted to them and not my broadbeans. Gorgeous colour Toni.
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