is that a slug ravaged hosta on either side.. and the slugs ignored the Nast??? .. if so.. thats a plus in an of itself ....

ken

Correct ken. All my hostas are looking lots worse for wear (but the 'nasts' foliage always looks pretty good).

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.

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.

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):