Nasturtiums mysteriously carked it

[Nicos]

Normally I chuck in a few seeds around Easter weekend and if the weather is good they germinate- if it's bad, they hang on a bit.

I did exactly the same this year- but this time in Normandy rather than Cheshire- and I've lost about 1/3 to frost ( -3C for the past 2 nights).

They most certainly aren't hardy as far a I'm concerned. I'd love to find one which is though!
To me they are always a marker as to the end of summer- when my nasturtiums go slimey


Fortunately I've held back a few seeds to pop in my tubs when I pot them up. Plenty of time to start again!

[IgglePiggle]

They were from Morrisons - their own brand but I think T&M and Suttons maybe came up when I googled and they all said hardy annual.

I got some of them last year, they got huge and the caterpillars loved them!

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[zazen999]

Well, I put a couple into the garden last weekend, and we've had quite bad frosts 3 times since and they are still looking good. Germinated in the greenhouse and they were hardened off for a couple of weeks before planting out.