Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 29 JuneA Jewel Mix nasturtium on 29 June with one golden flower open, its three lower petals narrowing into fringed claws and a long green spur curving back behind, held over round leaves whose pale veins spoke out from the center, in warm indoor light.Week of 29 JuneA dozen Jewel Mix nasturtium seedlings on 29 June drawn so thin that the stems loop rather than stand, laying most of the round shield leaves flat on the compost with two trailing right off the rim into space, under indoor light.Week of 29 JuneA Jewel Mix nasturtium on 29 June with two flowers full out in strong orange, a third still furled and a fourth drooping spent beside them, its thin stems trailing off the rim in a tangle of cupped leaves across the bench.Week of 6 JulyJewel Mix nasturtiums on 7 July, not a bud on them yet, each round leaf held on a stalk that joins underneath at the middle so nine pale veins run out from that one point like umbrella spokes, one stem already trailing over the rim.Week of 6 JulyJewel Mix nasturtiums on 12 July, four golden orange flowers open in soft shade with fine crimson streaks running down into each throat and a short blunt spur behind — the shield leaves held flat on center-joined stalks, beading water into pinpoints.Week of 13 JulyA Jewel Mix nasturtium on 17 July, its round leaves held flat on stalks that join at the middle of the blade with pale veins running out like spokes, one hot orange-red flower open over a yellow throat lined fine and dark, in flat light.Week of 20 JulyJewel Mix nasturtiums on 20 July, scarlet-orange with a gold throat and crimson veins running back into it, each round leaf taking its stalk dead center so the veins radiate like spokes, and one traced by a pale channel winding just under the surface.Week of 28 SeptemberJewel Mix Nasturtium on 29 September, the sharp orange-red bloom roughly as wide as the shield-shaped leaves beside it, its three lower petals narrowing to fringed claws streaked with fine darker red. Flat overcast light in the working garden.
