Cup of Sun Mounding Nasturtium Flower Seeds

Nasturtium - Cup of Sun (Heirloom) - Tropacolum majus Annual - Cup of Sun grows easily and quickly so plants are soon covered with cheerful flowers in the sunshine colors of bright lemon-yellow, gold touched with toasty orange and a pastel yellow that fades to soft cream. Masses of these perky blossoms sine above the foliage, providing long-lasting garden cheer, while the waterlily-shaped leaves drape gracefully to soften garden edges. Plant these sunny flowers to light up your garden beds, borders or patio containers all season.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Tropacolum majus
• Plant type: Tender Annual
• Growth habit: Low Growing
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Soil & Water: Grow in any well-drained garden soil.
• Recorded feature: Container Compatible
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1"
• Germination: 10-12 Days
• Height At Maturity: 10"
• Sun/Shade: Full to Partial Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 10"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Cup of Sun Mounding Nasturtium Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

No fertilizer is usually needed and too much nitrogen will create abundant foliage without substantial bloom.

Place Cup of Sun Mounding Nasturtium Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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