Cream Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus 'Milkmaid') - yellow flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Cream Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus 'Milkmaid'

Cream Nasturtium blooms from June through September.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Sep
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Hardiness
Annual (replant yearly)
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Low water
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Mature size
12 in × 20 in
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Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Cream Nasturtium

Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. Expect it to reach about 12 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Cream Nasturtium. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Cream Nasturtium

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Cream Nasturtium into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from June to September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Cream Nasturtium get?

Illustration of Cream Nasturtium drawn to scale beside an adult12 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwide
About 12 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity: shin-high beside an adult.

See Cream Nasturtium in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Cream Nasturtium

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Cream Nasturtium about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
20 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 4
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Cream Nasturtium to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

The Nasturtium group

One of 7 in the Nasturtium group. Same genus, similar care.

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