Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Un Petit Quelque Chose ~ Nasturtiums

This is the time of year in Southern California to plant Nasturtiums, Tropaeolum majus...actually is is a little late but they are very forgiving and I think they will do fine.




I fell under the enchantment of Nasturtiums as a little girl when I was visiting my Grandmother in Olympia, Washington. One morning while sitting on the porch steps, surrounded by what seemed like an ocean of yellow and orange flowers, a little green garter snake crawled under my legs. I was charmed, both by the snake, and the flowers with their vibrant, pretty blooms and peppery scent. It was not until many years later, and after I became interested in gardening, that I discovered that the flowers I remembered so vividly were Nasturtiums.






Nastursiums have now been bred to come in many colors, some even have variegated foliage. My favorites are the pale yellow ones, but this year along with my favorites, I am trying one called Alaska, it has speckled foliage and the flowers are in mixed colors.

Lastly I leave you with this charming image. I have never found a faerie in my garden but you never know... maybe some day I will find one hiding amongst the Nasturtiums...if so I will let you know.



This post has been linked to Out Door Wednesday at: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/ and http://alittleofthisandthat2.blogspot.com/


25 comments:

  1. I love the little Nasturtium fairy. A long time ago, I planted nasturtiums in the front yard. They seemed to really like it there. I may have to try planting nasturtiums again! Thanks for the reminder!

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  2. The photoes are absolutely stunning!! Lovely post.

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  3. Calling by from News From Italy via this week's Outdoor Wednesday,I used to grow these in the UK but have never seen them here.

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  4. I wonder if those would do well here in Florida, or fry in the sun? They're so beautiful!

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  5. Oh those are beautiful thankyou for sharing I will have to look for these at the nursery they would look wonderful in my flower bed :-) ~Love Heather

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  6. Wow those are beautiful! So vibrant in colors.
    Outdoor Wednesday

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  7. Oh you have such a great climate!
    We are bracing for snow!

    Nasturtiums used to be hats for my Barbies!

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  8. We had nasturtiums this summer. They are such a lovely flower. Your fairy graphic is simply delightful.

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  9. Lovely flowers. Do you know if they are deer resistant?

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  10. Very pretty. I can't imagine planting something right now. I'm so jealous ;)

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  11. Lovely colors. These flowers are soo cute.

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  12. They are beautiful flowers, so cheery and happy.

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  13. These are beautiful flowers...very soft looking and wouldn't it be neat to find one of those little fairy's in a bunch of them....

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  14. What pretty simple pleasures they are! Humble flowers that always delight. blessings..Trish

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  15. They are my favorite flower and I also love the flower fairies by Cicely Mary Barker.
    Smiles,
    Dottie

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  16. I've always admired these lovelies. Wish I had the perfect spot to try my hand at them. Maybe one of these years.

    Thanks so much for linking up to Simple Pleasures today.

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  17. You know, I hadn't thought until reading THIS POST that we don't grow them here in southeast Georgia. Hmm. I know we had them in Massachusetts growing up because I always thought they were so pretty. Now, I have to ask my mother, the gardener, if I'm right about them not being around here.

    Thanks for sharing this simple pleasure. They ARE lovely!

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  18. What beautiful pictures , I am a flower lover !!
    I live were everything dies in the fall except I have a few panseys left

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  19. Nasturtiums are such beautiful, cheery plants.

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  20. I just planted some Nasturtium seeds! They will look so pretty this spring! I love you Thanksgiving diplay from the earlier post too...it's very pretty!!

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  21. I love Nasturtiums. I plant them every spring here in Missouri.
    Wonder if they could live downstairs in the south window? I may try that this winter and it was 33 here this morning.

    Janice

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  22. This is so cool!!! I'm loving your blog!!!

    I've just started a new blog, if you could go take a look I would be really happy! And today I've posted about a $68 mil house that OPRAH WINFREY might buy soon.

    Thank you!

    Luciane at HomeBunch.com

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  23. I love nasturtiums! they're such a good oldfashoioned flower. We grow them from seed most years. The Nasturtium Fairy is so sweet

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  24. I love Nasturtiums, and you chose beautiful colors. I actually love the orange ones - well, I just love orange, I guess.

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