Pale yellow is one of my favorite garden colors, and surprisingly, I find it one of the hardest shades to find in annual flowers. Gold is easy, bright yellow is easy, but a creamy, near white yellow is a bit difficult. You can imagine my delight this past Spring when I found a packet of pale yellow Nasturtiums in a seed display. I bought a packet with high hopes, and I have not been disappointed. “YETI” has lived up to it’s seed packet illustration, and boasts the creamy yellow I had sought for my garden pots.
Even the perky buds of this plant please me. They remind me of ponies before they unfurl their petals. The foliage, resembling small lilypads in shape, is a deep pleasing green with beautiful centers and veining. Even better, most parts of a Nasturtium plant are edible.
The plant has a robust look, but on closer inspection you’ll find a delicate interior with feathery fronds and puffballs of pollen. Did you know that Nasturtiums have medicinal properties?
I also love the Alaska variety of nasturtiums for the amazing variegated foliage.
I sowed some of my Nasturtium seeds indoors mid-winter. They did fairly well, becoming a bit leggy, but still manageable. Planted in hanging basket pots, they are already in bloom. I recently planted several more Nasturtiums in the ground. I soak the large seeds first, and then without any fanfare, just push them about a half inch below the surface of the soil. The sprouts are easy to spot, large, and with the distinctive lilypad leaf from first showing.
My “Yeti” Nasturtium is part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.
MINDING MY P'S WITH Q 
I haven’t had any luck with seeds this season. ???
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I had bad luck with a few things that usually do well for me. To be honest, the way things sprouted and then didn’t grow is a bit troubling to me…it almost seems something is in the air or the seed starter. I recently planted some very stunted coleus seedlings. I noticed they hadn’t developed good roots this year.
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They keep telling us our food supply is in trouble and this may mean homegrown too.
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I might try mixing up a homemade batch of seed starter this year. The troubling possibilities of our current times just keep gathering speed!
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I love nasturtiums but only tried to grow them once. I think we were away when they desperately needed water. Yours are gorgeous.
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They are leafy in pots because they love the fertilizer. I get more fertilizer if I put them in the ground, but I love them in both places…so I get both flowers and amazing leaves, but not usually on the same plant. 😊
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Sounds like you can have your cake and eat it, too.
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Exactly. 😁
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