Phoenix Nasturtium Seeds
The Famous "Flame Nasturtium" is Here!
Let it trail from baskets or mound it up in annual and veggie beds!
- Genus: Tropaeolum
- Species: minus
- Variety: Phoenix
- Item Form: (P) Pkt of 20 seeds
- Bloom Start to End: Early Summer - Late Fall
- Habit: Compact
- Seeds Per Pack: 20
- Plant Height: 12 in
- Plant Width: 14 in
- Bloom Size: 2 in
- Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Cool Season, Direct Sow, Double Blooms, Easy Care Plants, Flower, Free Bloomer, Indoor Growing, Long Bloomers, Pest Fighter
- Bloom Color: Mix, Multi-Color
- Foliage Color: Medium Green
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
- Resistance: Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy, Poor, Sandy
- Uses: Baskets, Beds, Containers, Foliage Interest, Ground Cover, Vines and Climbers
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Scalloped between the points, these petals are stunning, standing out brilliantly among ivy-leaf shaped leaves of bright green. The blooms arise in both bright and pastel shades, giving you the classic golds, oranges, and reds of nasturtiums as well as the less common creams, peaches, and salmons. Many petals are brushed with mahogany near the base! And they are unbelievably profuse, beginning in early summer and continuing nonstop until frost in most areas. Phoenix is not only a new look for the family, it's one of the easiest and most productive, too!
And as if all this weren't enough, Phoenix also boasts a versatile habit. Some nasturtiums are vining, others bushy, but Phoenix is both! You can let its stems trail from hanging baskets and flowerpots, or you can grow it "upright" in beds and containers, where it will mound instead of spreading. The choice is yours! Generally about 12 inches high and 14 inches wide, it will adjust a bit to fit the habit you choose for it -- lower and more trailing in baskets, higher and more compact in beds.
Nasturtium is grown both for its beauty and for its uses as an herb. The flowers and leaves are edible, making beautiful additions to salads and handsome garnishes on the plate. Nasturtium has a peppery bite not unlike watercress (one of its common names is Indian Cress), and is best used in savory dishes.
Like all Nasturtiums, Phoenix is a splendid companion to vegetables in the garden. Not only does it attract beneficial bees to the garden, it helps ward off pests that want to nibble your veggie plants. It protects the Brassica family (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, mustard and collard greens, etc.) especially well from a range of predators, including aphids and squash beetles. It is also useful as a barrier planting around your tomatoes and cucumbers, and some gardeners find it a helpful pest deterrent when ringed around young fruit trees. Just another excuse to grow more beautiful Phoenix plants!
Nasturtium is easy to grow from seed. Nick or soak the seeds before sowing. Then direct-sow into the garden or the final container in which they will grow, or start them indoors 5 to 6 weeks before the last anticipated spring frost in your area. Expect germination to take a week or so. The plants need full sun for best flowering; they will grow in part shade, but the blooms will not be as numerous or large. Poor soil often works better than rich for promoting bloom strength.
Tropaeolum Germination Information
Tropaeolum is the botanical name for Nasturtium
How to Sow Tropaeolum: - Best sown outdoors after all danger of frost is past
- Seeds can be started indoors at 65° with germination occurring in 7-12 days
- Indoors and out, completely cover the seeds as they need darkness to germinate
- Alternatively, sow seeds outdoors after all danger of frost has past
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Tropaeolum:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves, being very careful with the roots as they resent being disturbed
Spacing: Space 8-12 inches apart in full sun to light shade
Soil: Site in a slightly acid or slightly alkaline, light, sandy, dry, poor, well-drained soil. Plants flower best in poor soils; rich soils promote foliage growth at the expense of flowers. No need to fertilize
Temperature: It grows best in dry climates with cool summer nights
Appearance and Use:
VA vigorous annual for use as a ground cover in beds, as edging, and for summer screening. It also works well trailing over the sides of containers and walls. Plants can be of two forms: trailing and climbing to 8 feet or compact and bushy to 12 inches. The 2- 21/2 inch flowers are funnel-shaped with a spur in the back. Where happy, they will flower from late spring through to frost. Petal arrangement is either single or double in colors of yellow, orange, red, salmon, and apricot. The pale green, 2-7 inch diameter, round leaves are supported by petioles in their centers. Both leaves and flowers are used to add a peppery flavor to salads
About Tropaeolum:
Pronunciation: tro-pa’o-lum ma’jus
Lifecycle: Annual
Origination: Tropaeolaceae, native to the Andes
Common Name: Nasturtium
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed. We do buy a small amount of traditional hybrid seed from Seminis, a division of Monsanto Co., but that is all we purchase from them.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.
Scalloped between the points, these petals are stunning, standing out brilliantly among ivy-leaf shaped leaves of bright green. The blooms arise in both bright and pastel shades, giving you the classic golds, oranges, and reds of nasturtiums as well as the less common creams, peaches, and salmons. Many petals are brushed with mahogany near the base! And they are unbelievably profuse, beginning in early summer and continuing nonstop until frost in most areas. Phoenix is not only a new look for the family, it's one of the easiest and most productive, too!
And as if all this weren't enough, Phoenix also boasts a versatile habit. Some nasturtiums are vining, others bushy, but Phoenix is both! You can let its stems trail from hanging baskets and flowerpots, or you can grow it "upright" in beds and containers, where it will mound instead of spreading. The choice is yours! Generally about 12 inches high and 14 inches wide, it will adjust a bit to fit the habit you choose for it -- lower and more trailing in baskets, higher and more compact in beds.
Nasturtium is grown both for its beauty and for its uses as an herb. The flowers and leaves are edible, making beautiful additions to salads and handsome garnishes on the plate. Nasturtium has a peppery bite not unlike watercress (one of its common names is Indian Cress), and is best used in savory dishes.
Like all Nasturtiums, Phoenix is a splendid companion to vegetables in the garden. Not only does it attract beneficial bees to the garden, it helps ward off pests that want to nibble your veggie plants. It protects the Brassica family (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, mustard and collard greens, etc.) especially well from a range of predators, including aphids and squash beetles. It is also useful as a barrier planting around your tomatoes and cucumbers, and some gardeners find it a helpful pest deterrent when ringed around young fruit trees. Just another excuse to grow more beautiful Phoenix plants!
Nasturtium is easy to grow from seed. Nick or soak the seeds before sowing. Then direct-sow into the garden or the final container in which they will grow, or start them indoors 5 to 6 weeks before the last anticipated spring frost in your area. Expect germination to take a week or so. The plants need full sun for best flowering; they will grow in part shade, but the blooms will not be as numerous or large. Poor soil often works better than rich for promoting bloom strength.
Tropaeolum Germination Information
Tropaeolum is the botanical name for Nasturtium How to Sow Tropaeolum: - Best sown outdoors after all danger of frost is past
- Seeds can be started indoors at 65° with germination occurring in 7-12 days
- Indoors and out, completely cover the seeds as they need darkness to germinate
- Alternatively, sow seeds outdoors after all danger of frost has past
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Tropaeolum:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves, being very careful with the roots as they resent being disturbed
Spacing: Space 8-12 inches apart in full sun to light shade
Soil: Site in a slightly acid or slightly alkaline, light, sandy, dry, poor, well-drained soil. Plants flower best in poor soils; rich soils promote foliage growth at the expense of flowers. No need to fertilize
Temperature: It grows best in dry climates with cool summer nights
Appearance and Use:
VA vigorous annual for use as a ground cover in beds, as edging, and for summer screening. It also works well trailing over the sides of containers and walls. Plants can be of two forms: trailing and climbing to 8 feet or compact and bushy to 12 inches. The 2- 21/2 inch flowers are funnel-shaped with a spur in the back. Where happy, they will flower from late spring through to frost. Petal arrangement is either single or double in colors of yellow, orange, red, salmon, and apricot. The pale green, 2-7 inch diameter, round leaves are supported by petioles in their centers. Both leaves and flowers are used to add a peppery flavor to salads
About Tropaeolum:
Pronunciation: tro-pa’o-lum ma’jus
Lifecycle: Annual
Origination: Tropaeolaceae, native to the Andes
Common Name: Nasturtium
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed. We do buy a small amount of traditional hybrid seed from Seminis, a division of Monsanto Co., but that is all we purchase from them.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.
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