How Do Nasturtiums Climb?

[Cosmo and Dibs]

I have plated out some nasturtiums (Trapaeoleum) and erected a 'wigwam' structure with lots of string attached.

I note that they don't have tendrils. So, how do they cling to the frame I've built? Will I have to keep tying them?

Thanks.

[Flummery]

Make sure you have the climbing variety. Some don't climb at all.

[Cosmo and Dibs]

They are the climbing variety.

[Two_Sheds]

then they will climb

[Cosmo and Dibs]

then they will climb

I was just womdering exactly how they'd climb without tendrils. I've grown many different climbers over the years, but have not tried nasturtiums.

[Two_Sheds]

They just do (I haven't really thought about it ....)

[Flummery]

They don't have tendrils, they wind around the cane, a bit like a climbing bean.

I bought some seeds to grow a few nasturtiums as a bed edging at my lottie. I hadn't read the packet properly (cautionary tale!) and they found my bean frames and climbed up. Riot of colour though!

[Cosmo and Dibs]

They don't have tendrils, they wind around the cane, a bit like a climbing bean.

I bought some seeds to grow a few nasturtiums as a bed edging at my lottie. I hadn't read the packet properly (cautionary tale!) and they found my bean frames and climbed up. Riot of colour though!

A-ha! That's what I'm after!

Sorry for not being clear!

[perkin]

A timely question - I've sown some of these to cover a small willow trellis fence and was wondering the same thing this morning.

[coreopsis]

I've got a vision of nasturtiums jumping around...

[Tam]

I find that I have to tie them in to get started (up the bird table post and the clothes post - actually dead tree trunks) otherwise they wander off to somewhere completely unsuitable.