Common names:
Nasturtium
Garden Nasturtium
Indian Cress

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 2
Leaves: Other
Fruiting Time: Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Nocturnal
Flower Time: Late winter and early spring
Spring
Uses: Dye production
Shade Tree
Edible Parts: Leaves
Roots
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Fermented
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Depth to plant seed: c2 n/i1h
Will not come true from seed
Miscellaneous: Carnivorous
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

Tropaeolum majus 'Out of Africa' bud

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