Lima-Cherry 'Dark Leaf'
- Product number: 693400
- Origin: Peru
- Latin: Tropaeolum nanum
Versatile and very elegant cress. The young, dark green leaves already have a subtle, spicy flavour, packed with vitamin C and a famous appetite stimulant! As it grows further (especially with plenty of light), the leaves turn dark blue-green, remain deliciously spicy, and quickly become "adorned" with bright red flowers, which are just as tasty: soft in texture and pleasantly piquant. It prepares the mouth for a new delicacy, making it ideal as an intermezzo, but of course also wonderful for adding more "power" and colour to a salad.
This plant originates from Peru and not from Indonesia, as the Dutch name "Oost-Indische Kers" (East Indian Cress) suggests.
This variety is grown as a microgreen (for the young plant with cotyledon or first true leaf). Microgreens are grown on moisture-retaining material (kitchen roll, cotton wool, soil). Keep dark and warm for germination, then light and cooler after germination.
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Latin: Tropaeolum nanum
Dutch: Lima-Kers
Also: Oost-Indische Kers
English: Lima Nasturtium
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- Flower colour: Bright red flowers
- Origin: Peru
- Average growth height: Up to 30 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Tropaeolum nanum
- Dutch: Lima-Cherry
- Also known as: Nasturtium
- English: Lima Nasturtium
