Phoenix Nasturtium

last year

Started this singleton plant indoors from seed. For sure it isn't as floriferous as other N but I like its vigor and its climbing ability:

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
is that a slug ravaged hosta on either side.. and the slugs ignored the Nast??? .. if so.. thats a plus in an of itself ....

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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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Correct ken. All my hostas are looking lots worse for wear (but the 'nasts' foliage always looks pretty good).
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Yes, it was one of the varieties I started last season. But I was very late in the season getting them started in a mixed variety container and none produced any flowers until well into late fall!! I never saw any flowers with the fringed ends of Phoenix so maybe they have a much lower germination rate than others?? Or prefer much hotter weather than October in the PNW offers. Will try again this season, starting them as soon as it warms up a scosh. And I might start each variety out separately as well, rather than a mixed bag :-) And although they look rather pathetic and bedraggled at this time of year, I still have some nasturtiums pushing flowers as we speak!! Who'da thunk??
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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The lack of flowers could be due to too little sun and perhaps too rich a soil. I don’t know this strain. Are the fringed flowers usually smaller than plain old fashioned Nasturtiums? These are the standard trailing type which self sows on my allotment. The flower to leaf size ratio seems much bigger.
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rosaprimula
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Same here, Floral, although mine do not trail around so much as they are mainly descended from Empress of India and such. I did buy a tropaeolum ciliatum tuber this year but am pondering whether I dare release it into the world as some of these climbing nasturtium things can be enormous.
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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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Yes @floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK, Phoenix flowers do look different than most other nasturtium flowers and it is my experience that there aren't as many flowers as I see with other varieties of that I grow simultaneously but I do like their unique ability to climb upwards.

Here is another Phoenix that I grow on an obelisk (and a close-up of the flowers):

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