Jewel Mix nasturtium is a sprawling annual featuring a range of colors, including yellow, deep red, orange, and salmon, with some doubles. This is a superb annual for bedding or hanging baskets. It thrives in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in sunny sites and performs best in cool weather. Leaves, flowers, and immature fruits all contain mustard oils, and can be used in salads or as a substitute for capers.

This species may be a hybrid created by Incans prior to Spanish conquest. It is identified as growing from Bolivia north to Colombia in high elevations, but botanists have not been able to find it growing in natural habitats. It was exported by the Spanish to Europe in 1684, and Carl von Linnaeus described it as a naturally occurring species in Species Plantarum in 1753.