Specialty Gardening: Nasturtium and Nicotina will grow in 1/4 inch of dirt., 1 by Jaywhacker

Jaywhacker wrote:
Sarah.........Those in that photo were planted last Sept/Oct and wintered over easily here in central Texas. We had a really mild winter here though. I have planted some of the shorter ones (Knee High and Cupid) this spring though to see how they do when spring planted. You can see them draping down out of the top pot in this attached photo. They are in the same pot as the Walla Walla onions and the sunflower. :-) Im told that the heat in early summer will kill the sweet peas eventually but they are really starting to put out some blooms now as you can see in the left edge of the photo.

The reason I wonted to grow them is because my Grandfather always grew them when I was a kid and I remembered the fragrance. He lived just 2 miles outside of Athens, Texas which is pretty much the same climate conditions as you have. Give them a tryout.

This message was edited Mar 25, 2009 12:35 AM