What is Nasturtium?

and nasturtium is a type of low growing flowering herb, which can be one of about 80 different plant species in the family tropaeolum . Dating from South America was discovered by Spanish conquerors in the mid -15th century and brought back to Spain and then spread throughout Europe. They are a relatively hardy type of flowering plant, which is usually annual, but can be deployed under moderate cultivation conditions and returns as a perennial every year. Although na na nashius tends to grow low to the ground and produce fine flowers, flower petals are quite durable and the plant itself can be forced to climb along garden fences or trellis.

Typical Nasturta plant will grow to about 12 inches tall (0.3 meters) and can produce a series of five -layer flowers in many shades of color from red and white with many new varieties as 2011 shows a mixture of colors in the petalssmell. The flowers themselves are edible and the natives of Peru have been used for centuries for medicinal purposes, made from tea to treat respiratory diseases and as a natural antibiotics. They have a high content of vitamin C and are often used in cooking as colored and spicy aroma. One of the common uses for the Nasturtium flower is to make it acetic sauce for salads or use it as a key ingredient in lemon tasty butter. It is also common for flowers to be used in Horrs d'Ores or as increments to cream cheeses and immersion of the type of guacamole, and leaves as well as nasturtia seeds that have pepper taste are also edible.

Nasturtium care involves searching for well -drained land and is unpredictable because they will grow and produce several flowers. They work best as a edging plant for borders and dwarf varieties that grow well in containers. Planting Nashia requires some patience if the seeds are made because the seed shells are hard and may slowly burstt and germinate. It is recommended to soak the seeds before planting overnight to speed up this process. Nasturtia flowers are most widely produced when they are in a full sun, but will produce healthy growth with less flowers in partial shadow conditions.

One of the advantages of growing outbreaks in gardens is that it serves as a natural repellent for some types of insects, such as beetles and caterpillars that feed on vegetables such as squash, cucumbers and Brassica vegetables, which includes broccoli and ketka. The advantage they offer is that some types of insect pests, such as cabbage white butterfly and dot, feed on the plant itself and pull these insects from other food crops in the garden space. It is also known that the flowers of the plants are attracted by bees and hummingbirds for nectar, which produce, which adds more pollination and beauty to the gardens and vegetables where they are present.