Nasturtium 'Kaleidoscope'

As far as we're concerned, no productive garden is complete without a few nasturtiums romping around the place. Kaleidoscope is a vigorous mix with flowers in a jolly array of cream, peach, yellow, red and of course orange. Enjoy the peppery flavour of the flowers and leaves all summer long. Don't be afraid to cut the plants back if they stray into neighbouring beds.

Nasturtiums are a joy to have in your garden and a hardworking companion plant. Aphids (particularly blackfly) love nasturtiums and will colonize them preferentially - saving your vegetable plants from attack.

Sow: March - May
Plant: 4 weeks after sowing at 30cm apart
Harvest: 8 weeks after sowing - will continue to produce all summer. Smaller leaves have a milder flavour.
Kitchen: Eat fresh in salads or whizz up into a salsa verde or pesto. Pairs well with alliums (garlic, shallots), salty (parmesan, capers), acid (lemon, pickles) fats (pinenuts, parmesan, oily fish), sweet flavours (pear, apple), aromatics (parsley, coriander, basil).

~30 seeds