My first WS Bloom

pixie_lou

11 years ago

A Fordhook Nasturtium

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girlcat36
11 years ago
Beautiful!
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countrycarolyn
11 years ago
Love it!!! More please more!!! So cheery!! :D
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As the cardinal would say, "Pretty, pretty, pretty!" I had strawflowers last year and really liked them because they bloom for so long. I lost mine this year and miss them. Yours look nice and healthy! Congratulations!
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northerner_on
11 years ago
How lovely. And I see you have more buds waiting to greet you!! When did you winter sow these? I have been having a hard time getting Nasties to germinate in recent years, although I have grown them in the past. I winter sowed some, they are still in their container with no signs of germinating, and I spring sowed some and there is also nothing there. I can't seem to get a definitive method for success with them. They fill in so many spots nicely.
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northforker
11 years ago
Gotta love those nasties!I love that one (so pretty) and will have to try it. I've got an area of "Alaska" that I plant every year (DS) and I've got plenty of leaves but no blooms yet. I did up a nice pot of "Mahogany" but, again, no blooms yet. But there are coming, fingers crossed.

Thanks for sharing that great picture.
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pixie_lou
Original Author
11 years ago
I got store bought seeds. Last year. I sowed directly into 2 hanging baskets on 22 march. I taped plastic wrap on top on the baskets. Right when I had sproutage, I got the hangar hook hooked on my clothes and dumped both pots. After cursing loudly, I did my best to put the soil back in the pots then moved both pots to the hangar hooks on the sides of my clothesline. Around 1 may I removed the plastic wrap.

In the past I have bought nasturtiums at the garden center but have had lousy luck transplanting. This was my 1st year ws'ing. So it was an experiment. A successful one!
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ladyrose65
11 years ago
You really caught the essence of its color on camera! Lovely!
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caryltoo Z7/SE PA
11 years ago
Beautiful color. I WS some Empress of India this year and transplanted early to baskets and they've been blooming for a few weeks. I also direct sowed some in the same planters. They're up but won't bloom till July -- the package says 60 days. I've had trouble transplanting nasturtium in the past.
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