On 2006-04-19, Susan > wrote:
> That's the big problem with common names.
>
> There's 2 different Nasturtiums. There's the genus Nasturtium, in
> Brassiceae -- a watercress (I've been looking for pictures of the
> flower, and can't come up with a good one)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasturt...ntific_name%29

Doh, I forgot about that.

> And there's the "garden" Nasturtium -- the Genus Tropaeolum
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasturt...common_name%29
>
> which is what comes up if you do a google Image search.

That's the one I've been planting. The leaves are very tasty
(peppery, I think) in sandwiches and salads. The flowers are also
edible and nice but not as interesting as the leaves.

They look nice in the garden and -- this may be a disadvantage if you
want a really tidy garden -- self-seed very easily. (Last year I let
some of the seeds fall and collected some to plant in pots this year.)

Thanks for the information.