Nasturtium (Tropaeolum lepidum)

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Tomtom OSAKA, Japan(Zone 9b) Jan 16, 2004

Nasturtium
Tropaeolum lepidum

In full bloom

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Starzz Newcastle, ON(Zone 5a) Jan 18, 2004

Gorgeous! What on earth do you feed your plants?
Cheers,
Carol

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Jan 18, 2004

TomTom, love your tropaeoleum, that is my very favorite color. I don't suppose that seed is available here. i looked in T & M. Great picture. Donna

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goldenfish Tottori, Japan(Zone 9a) Jan 19, 2004

I saw the growth record of this plant in your HP. It's very interesting! The color of flowers and the shape of leaves are so delicately and beautiful!!!

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Tomtom OSAKA, Japan(Zone 9b) Jan 20, 2004

Thank you, Starzz,for your feedback.
This at least doesn't need much fertilizer. I fed it
some Maganp K when I planted it and later gave it
requid fertilizer about once in ten days.

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Hi, rutholive.
So do I love blue Nasturtiums,too. I got this seed
in Japan (they are so expensive )
I think T.lepidum germinates more easily than other species.
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Thank you ,goldenfish,for viewing my site.
This time I started with the tubers.
I planted them last September but they don't ever
begin to sprout�I
They're such obstinate plants. (*^_^*)
But since they're so charming they might be all the more
challenging.

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windsurffer (Zone 5a) Jan 20, 2004

Beautiful plant. This is the first time I have seen this one,I can't wait until spring.

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goldenfish Tottori, Japan(Zone 9a) Jan 20, 2004

I hope your tubers will come up soon!!

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pazg santiago, Chile May 07, 2009

Hi Tomtom I`m from Chile and I want to know if this amazing climber is the same than tropaeolum hookerianum austropurpureum?

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Tomtom OSAKA, Japan(Zone 9b) May 08, 2009

Hi pazg,
They look so much alike that they're often said to be the same.
I think they're a little bit defferent though.
Since Tropaeolum species are quite easy to be mixed, it might be extremely difficult to identigy them.
Here I post a pic of T.hookerianum atropurpureum taken in 2006 just for a reference.

Tomtom