Julia Jones
Nasturtiums
2022
Spring has arrived in the garden and the nasturtium plants are exploring like tumbling adventurers.
Their umbrella-like leaves hover here and there in clusters. When it rains the silver baubles on their surface form a shimmering glamour. Their stems embody the spirit of curious enquiry, full of intricate lines and meandering pathways. Discovering their rounded, striated seeds is like finding treasure.
While various other plants are now flowering as the spring season unfolds, it’s not so long ago that nasturtiums were one of the rare flourishing features of the garden. In winter they were a steadfast continuing presence. Their flowers, even when just occasional, were bright sparks that illuminated the garden when it was in a much quieter, more subdued mode.
Looking at their flowers now they appear as one of many types of intermingled colourful beacons amongst the greenery. Yet they also remind me of their continued persistence throughout the variations of the seasons.