Fenix dwarf nasturtium - Tropaeolum majus nanum
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Nasturtium with fringed petals – looks like a small fiery bird. Fenix is a low-growing, strongly branching nasturtium variety with unusual, toothed flowers in shades of yellow and orange, often with a darker throat. It grows quickly, blooms from July until frost, and is entirely edible. One of those plants you sow directly in the ground with children and harvest compliments on two months later.
Classic nasturtiums have smooth, rounded petals. In the Fenix variety, the petal edges are deeply incised and toothed, making each flower look like outstretched wings – hence the name. The colours range from lemon yellow to intense orange, and the flowers rise above the round, shield-shaped leaves, so they do not disappear into the greenery.
The plant is compact and strongly branching: instead of long, trailing stems, it forms dense, spherical clumps 25–30 cm tall. This makes it ideal for containers and window boxes, where climbing nasturtiums usually spill over the edge.
Sowing (April, under cover): sow the large seeds individually in 8–9 cm pots, 1.5–2 cm deep, at a temperature of 18–20°C. Germination takes 10–14 days. Nasturtiums do not like having their roots disturbed during transplanting, so pots or peat pots are better than trays.
Thinning: when sowing directly in the ground, sow 2–3 seeds per spot, then leave the strongest seedling after emergence. Seedlings grown in pots do not need pricking out.
Direct sowing (mid-May): once the frosts have passed, sow directly in the permanent position, 2 cm deep, spacing the plants 25 × 30 cm apart. Transplant seedlings from pots at the same time, together with the root ball.
Care: water moderately, only during dry periods. Do not fertilize with nitrogen – in fertile, heavily fertilized soil, nasturtiums produce plenty of leaves but hide their flowers. Removing faded flowers extends flowering until October.
A variety created for balcony boxes, pots and flower-bed borders. The flowers and young leaves are edible – they have a peppery, cress-like flavour and are excellent for decorating salads, while the green seeds can be pickled like capers. In the vegetable garden, nasturtium acts as a trap crop: aphids prefer it to beans and cabbage, so a row of nasturtiums beside a bed draws pests away from the crop. Bumblebees and bees like it too.
Nasturtium is one of the few flowers that blooms better in poor soil. If you plant it in fresh, rich compost-enriched soil, you will get beautiful, enormous leaves and barely a few flowers. Ordinary garden soil or universal potting mix without additional fertilizer – and it will bloom like crazy.
| Latin name | Tropaeolum majus nanum |
|---|---|
| Variety | Fenix |
| Colour | yellow and orange, mixed |
| Height | 25–30 cm |
| Position | sunny |
| Seasonality | annual plant |
| Sowing time under cover | April |
| Direct sowing time | mid-May |
| Planting-out time | second half of May |
| Flowering period | July – October |
| Spacing | 25 × 30 cm |
| Net weight | 3 g (~25 seeds) |
| Series | Traditional |
| Producer | W. Legutko |
| EAN code | 5903837934836 |
W. Legutko
Tropaeolum majus
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