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Nasturtium 'Black Velvet' / Tropaeolum majus / Seeds

(Code: ES_087)
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Nasturtium 'Black Velvet' / Tropaeolum majus  / Seeds

An appealing Nasturtium with deep red velvety flowers from June to October.  Plants grow to about 20-25cm in height and are good in borders, containers and as ground cover.  Plants flower for a long season into late autumn.  The flowers are edible.


Nasturtiums prefer a sunny spot and drier poor soil. 


Pack of 30 seeds.  Sow directly in the ground or containers in spring or start earlier indoors.  Sowing instructions and a colour photo are printed on the packet.  Easy to grow.


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Hardiness Hardy annual (RHS Hardiness H3)
Flowers June to the first frost
Height 20 - 25cm
Spread 50 - 90cm
Conditions  Sun to part shade and moist well-drained soils
Sow Sow outdoors directly in the ground in spring.  Prepare and rake the ground and sow 20mm deep.  Or sow indoors in early spring in a tray of moist seed compost.  Sow about 1cm deep and keep at 15-20°C and germination takes 7-10 days. Pot up and grow on until ready to plant out into the garden in a sunny spot after hardening off.  
Grow Deadhead plants to prolong flowering.  Plants die down after flowering in the autumn when they should be removed.  They will self-seed, but not overwhelmingly, and you should have these plants, flowering in a wider range of flowers, for years from one initial packet of seed.