{"id":106855,"date":"2019-05-04T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-plant-nasturtiums\/"},"modified":"2019-05-04T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:04:36","slug":"how-to-plant-nasturtiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-plant-nasturtiums\/","title":{"rendered":"How to plant nasturtiums"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert on how to add 50 shades of tropical to your gardenAh, the simple joy of nasturtiums: surely no one has ever failed with them, with their easygoing nature, and their relentless desire to flower their socks off, all for the price of a packet of seeds. They can be dismissed as ordinary, but if you want to cover up something unsightly or just spend a summer cheered by their frilly flowers, now is the time to sow them.Nasturtiums belong to the genus Tropaeolum found in South America. The two most popular species \u2013 the semi-trailing bush, orange flowering T. minus and the taller, sprawling, red flowering T. majus \u2013 come from Peru, brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors and Dutch explorers respectively. They did a seed swap and the result is a smorgasbord of tropical colours in between. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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