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Seen this before looks like a spreader

haddow07haddow07 Posts: 86
in Plants
Hey not sure what exactly this is I seen it in a lot of places and spreads like mad but never known the name for it 

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I'm guessing Nasturtium  :)
  • haddow07haddow07 Posts: 86
    Oh my god that’s it thank you hahah
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Nasturtium.. spreads by seeds.  😁
    Utah, USA.
  • FlyDragonFlyDragon Posts: 834
    Its pretty though, and very good for bees and cabbage white caterpillars.  Easy enough to pull up if it appears somewhere you don't want it. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    And edible ... flowers and leaves great in salads ... leaves also great in sandwiches ... one of my favourites is to use the leaves with salami or with an egg sandwich ... and pickle the seeds and use instead of capers. 

    Not really invasive... it’s tender and shrivels and dies at the first frost. 

    Easy to grow and soooo pretty in pots and tubs. What’s not to love? 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Well, there's the black fly. I let one or two survive too.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Mr. Vine EyeMr. Vine Eye Posts: 2,394
    Or “Mastershalums” according to Pooh.
    East Yorkshire
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    @B3  😊 If it didn't give a home to the blackfly and cabbage whites they’d be all over our vegetables. So useful to have a few ‘sacrificial’ nasturtiums 👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited July 2020
    Poor devils😐 @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • islandanchoressislandanchoress Posts: 238
    Dovefromabove said:
    And edible ... flowers and leaves great in salads ... leaves also great in sandwiches ... one of my favourites is to use the leaves with salami or with an egg sandwich ... and pickle the seeds and use instead of capers. 

    Not really invasive... it’s tender and shrivels and dies at the first frost. 

    Easy to grow and soooo pretty in pots and tubs. What’s not to love? 😊 
    And a lovely fast way for colour. Even out here it thrives.  Gathering seeds now for next year.
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