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Scientific Name: | Tropaeolum majus (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
Common Name: | nasturtium, Indian cress |
Family Name: | Tropaeolaceae |
Origin: | Garden origin, South America |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
Plant Type: | Annual, Vine or climber |
Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Spreading |
Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
Texture: | Very coarse |
Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Orbicular, Sinuate |
Flowers: | Orange, Yellow, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
Fruit: | Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Oct-Nov |
Key ID Features: | |
Trailing annual; leaves peltate, prominent veined, irregular, up to 8cm long; flowers trumpet-shaped, warm, firey colours. Almost always have aphids. |