Blooming in the yard yesterday morning:
Monthly Archive for October, 2010
You might remember this. Yeah, well, that didn’t last. It shriveled up and died, along with the next three. And now:
Teasing me…
Cross your fingers, folks.
Nasturtiums are often planted in a garden as a trap crop. The Nasturtiums attract aphids and other pests and keep these uglies away from the other plants in your garden. The aphids then attract predator bugs like lady beetles and other good guys.
My Nasturtiums are doing their job! While the coating of aphids is pretty gross-looking, and makes for some rather sickly looking leaves;
the other plants in the yard are relatively aphid-free and encouraged some pretty prehistoric-looking predators.
(lady beetle larvae if you haven’t seen them before)
More pictures when it’s not pouring out.
I’m growing Nasturtium “Spitfire” for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee’s Garden for the seeds.
