Herb
Peach Melba
B tier
Peach Melba nasturtium opens creamy peach to raspberry-blushed flowers with a soft, dessert-like colour range and standard peppery leaf. The name nods to the peach-raspberry dessert; the taste is still cress-hot, not sugary. Scatter blooms on fruit-savoury salads and cheese boards for colour that photographs well. Leaves remain the stronger pepper hit.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Cheese BoardFlower GarnishSalad
Traits
Culinary FlowerDecorativePeach Raspberry ColourPepper LeafPeppery LeafSoft ColourSoft Tones
History
Specialty breeders released Peach Melba colour forms of nasturtium.
Gourmet gardeners grew Peach Melba for soft-toned edible flowers.
Chefs used Peach Melba blooms on composed cheese and stone-fruit plates.
Seed catalogues kept Peach Melba among premium colour nasturtiums.