Tropaeolum majus 'Hermine Grashoff'
nasturtium
- 20-30 cm high
- Orange-toned flowers
- Valuable foliage plant
- Frost tender
- Culinary use
Intense red, fully double flowers. A very old cultivar popular in Victorian times, and now again sought after for in the garden and in the kitchen. Pot or hanging baskets. Makes no seed.
Use in the garden
- wildlife: for butterflies
- use: kitchen
botanical information
- Botanical name: Tropaeolum majus 'Hermine Grashoff'
- Genus: Tropaeolum
- Family: Tropaeolaceae
- Other names: oostindische kers - nasturtium
- origin: hybrid
Features
| height: | 20-30 cm |
| flowering: | June - October |
| color: | orange |
| leaf color: | red, light green |
| scent: | fragrant leaf / aromatic |
| habit: | wide |
| growth: | fast |
| level: | easy, moderate |
| light: | full sun, sunny, morning sun, evening sun |
| moisture: | dry, average, moist |
| soil texture: | highly permeable, pervious, light |
| organic matter: | none to little, normal |
| pH: | limy |
| winter zone: | 10 [susceptible to frost] |
| density: | 5 - 7 |
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