I’ve grown Nasturtiums for years. In England, Ireland, Gibraltar.

I adore them – for their laid back easiness, their huge seeds, their stunning colour and their ability to side-track garden beasties from the food crop.

What I didn’t know until today (after planting several dozen of them and then researching !) was these facts from the Wordsworth Museum below.

ELIZABETH LINNAEUS PHENOMENON.

Or you can try this from The Daily Gardener.

Today we celebrate a Swedish botanist with a famous father who observed flashes of light emitting from her nasturtiums. We’ll also learn about a modern-day forest advocate and conservationist on a mission to create something he calls a primary forest in France. We’ll hear a poem about spring from the charming Christina Georgina Rossetti.

P.S. Eating them helps to keep our eyes healthy – amongst other things :o)