I’ve got run away nasturtiums, they’re even beating the buffalo/cooch/kikyu/shit grass that’s everywhere.
Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Thursday 20 November 2025
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
More nasturtium flowers are coming up, three full blown and one budding. The alyssum have started blooming.
I regret choosing such low maintenance plants though. It made sense. The pumpkins would honestly have been way too much work. But at least when I have plants to care for it’s another thing that occupies my mind and pulls it back into the real world, rather than being so much on the internet.
I feel like the internet is becoming weirder and meaner.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
There’s an idea
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I threw a bunch of cardboard over the grass to keep it down while I couldn’t be bothered with it. Then the nasturtiums moved in and have covered the area.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
less internet, more people.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
these are awesome and pretty flowers and all the insects and birds will love
alyssum will perfume the air with honey and nasturtiums will attract the butterflies
what’s not to love 🥰
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I still have some red kangaroo paw seeds but those get bigger and I think are perennial
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yes kangaroo paw is perennial, and doesn’t like being transplanted much. Best planted in a big pot so it’s roots can go deep down like it’s supposed to. Drought hardy once established.
Also, nasturtium flowers and buds are edible - quite a nice tangy taste and so pretty in a salad. The very young buds can be pickled and taste like capers. Leaves not edible tho.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s a real shame I can’t start a little native garden in the bare patch with a small birdbath in the middle.
But random destructive people can’t seem to stop themselves trespassing or keep their hands to themselves.