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Article: Nasturtiums are pleasant nose twisters; For beginners: The colorful plants have many styles
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2002
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Most people envision waterlilies daubed on large canvases when
they think of the artist Monet's flowers.
Nasturtiums are another possibility, for Monet planted them in
abundance. They spilled out of beds into paths, frothing like ocean
water on a beach to soften his garden's edges.
Nasturtiums are good flowers even for beginning gardeners. The
large seeds germinate reliably, and do not need starting indoors for
early bloom. Press a few seeds into the ground even now and you will
be rewarded with nonstop bloom in a few weeks.
The round, slightly bluish leaves are distinctive, making it easy
to distinguish seedlings from weedlings. And once nasturtiums take
off, they blanket the ground thickly ...