Comments | chalis222: Nasturtium Bud

chalis222

Nasturtium Bud

Jul 20, 2008 10:45

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uncanny! zeecha July 20 2008, 11:04:36 UTC

I just picked two nasturtium blossoms last night for a salad...the red-dark orangey colored one though.

Re: uncanny! chalis222 July 20 2008, 11:59:15 UTC

I love nasturtiums! Mine is the varigated leaf variety and it comes in a variety of yellow, orange, apricot and copper blossom shades. Very pretty!

oh, and ps... zeecha July 20 2008, 11:05:25 UTC

What is that purple flower I see in the corner there? can't place it...

Re: oh, and ps... chalis222 July 20 2008, 12:06:07 UTC

It's a lavender coloured lobelia. I meant to plant the nasturtiums with dark blue lobelias, I think the colour goes better with orange shades, but must have misread the label and they came out lilac. I am not quite used to it yet but can't bear to tear them out so it'll have to stay mis-matched. The yellow nasturtiums go quite well with that colour though.

Here's some photos of the lobelia:

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Re: oh, and ps... chalis222 July 20 2008, 12:06:56 UTC

ok, that didn't work! Will try and put them into another post...

Re: oh, and ps... zeecha July 20 2008, 12:39:07 UTC

well, aren't purple and orange complimentary colors? I think so. They go fine together! Seeds are often mislabeled for color--it happens! Add to that the hybridizing that goes on, and there you are--color fluctuations. Thanks for clarifying.

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toadflax234 July 20 2008, 17:01:57 UTC

Lovely - we can't easily grow them here. For some reason they all get absolutely smothered in blackfly. My mother can grow them with no problems.