Clover and Nasturtium

Clover and Nasturtium growing wild in the back of my house. I should call my sight "My Jungle Garden."

Dracaena Garden

My Dracaena garden is starting to fill out and if you look closely you can start to see Nasturtium flowers starting to pop up. They are so pretty. 

Corner Garden

The plants in this corner garden need to be trimmed. They are starting to cover one another and there is too much red.

This corner garden is just messy. I need to work on it soon.

This Biwa (Loquat) tree is doing so well considering the size of the pot. Biwa are now producing fruit, but this tree is still young and hope I get fruit next year or the year after. I have a few trees spotted around my property.

I threw Nasturtium seeds in this planter last year, because it was difficult to attract pollinators to this Avocado tree when it was flowering. I've since trimmed the tree, but it is re-growing and hope I will have better luck next year.

Nasturtium Flower

Nasturtium flowers are in bloom. They are pretty, look good in salads and taste great. 

 

Nasturtium Flower

(2/13) My Nasturtium plants are starting to flower and grow over the wall (see left side). They will be so beautiful in a few weeks. As I mentioned many times, Nasturtium are not only beautiful, every part of the plant is eatable. When I'm outside I snack on the seeds, which tastes like spicy mustard or radishes.  

Nasturtium Flower

(12/28) This is what a few Nasturtium plants looked like in April. During this time, hundreds of seeds dropped. 

There are so many Nasturtium plants sprouting. All that green behind the top of the wall are Nasturtium plants. It is going to look like a waterfall of flowers coming over the wall and I can't wait.

I have no idea why, but Nasturtium plants are sprouting everywhere. This is in a planter containing an Avocado tree.

In the front of my house.

Now I understand why there are Nasturtium plants in this planter, because this planter contains Peace Lilly I removed from that wall area, so I can guess there are hundreds of seeds in the soil. Beautiful all the same.

Nasturtium Flower

Nasturtium flowers are so beautiful.

Nasturtium Flower and Seeds

Nasturtium are beautiful and easy to grow, not to mention every part of the plant is eatable. It tastes like Japanese spicy mustard, called Karashi.

Seeds grow in clusters of three. The seeds are a little more potent and taste similar to Wasabi. I eat them while working in the garden.

Bees love Nasturtium flowers. I wonder if the Honey is spicy?

Nasturtium Flower

Cute Nasturtium flower. Nasturtium plants are edible and have a spicy mustard flavor similar to a mild horseradish or Yellow Japanese mustard called, Karashi, The leaves can be added to a sandwich and the flowers to a salad to add a little elegance. Even the seeds are edible and sometimes referred to as the poor man's caper.  

Nasturtium Flower

It is mid-June and Nasturtium season is nearly over, but my plant bloomed. I hope it produces a few seeds, but I planted plenty so I expect a beautiful display next year. 

Nasturtium

I recently discovered the Nasturtium plant and find it wonderful. The entire plant (leaves, flower and seeds) are edible. The leaves taste like a Japanese mustard called Karashi or a mild horse relish. The flowers have a similar, but milder taste, and the seeds taste peppery. The flowers are orange, yellow or red and beautiful in salads, the leaves can be added to a salad as well, but also adds great flavor to sandwiches. The seeds are sometimes called the poor man's capers. They can be pickled just like a caper, but I just eat them raw.  

I gather the seeds from plants around my neighborhood and just planted them directly. They grow easily and the flowers are so pretty, so I planted them all over. I cannot wait until the flowers bloom next year.