Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds

plant benefit

Perfect for Pots

plant benefit

Most Light Conditions

plant benefit

Fuss Free

plant benefit

Great Cut Flowers

blue nigella flowers + dried seed pods.

A rom-com of the garden, these sky-blue beauties, may look wispy and delicate, but nigella is no damsel in distress and will be hardy to an English frost.

why it's special:

Nigella seeds are easy to germinate and quick to grow.
A long season of blooms, even in the cooler months.
Blooms make for excellent cut or dried flowers for your home with sculptural seed pods.
Makes for great ground coverage over spring bulbs.

when to sow

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when to harvest

About nigella love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist (Nigella) is a pretty and easy to grow hardy annual flower that was first from the Mediterranean and North Africa. Its a quick grower and an easy one from seed. Love-in-a-mist blooms in the summer on dainty upright stems clothed in feathery green leaves, and produce decorative seed pods which look great dried. Love-in-a-mist is often called a ‘sow and forget’ annual as the seeds can be sown direct in the soil and germinate reliably. Love in a mist makes an excellent and long-lasting cut flower, and the seed heads can also be dried and used in flower arrangements.

In The Records

Nigella has been grown in British and European gardens since 1548, but has been known since Biblical times where it is called ‘Bitter Fitch’. It was even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen implying it had an important role in ancient Egyptian practices.

Features	Perfect for pots, pollinator friendly, hardy-annual and self seeds freely
Locations	Terraces, containers and garden beds
Effort Level	Needs some love
Botanical Name	Nigella Damascena
Other Names	bird's nest, blue spiderflower, chase-the-devil, devil in the bush, garden fennel, Jack in prison, Jack in the green, Katherine's flower, kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise, lady in the bower, love-in-a-puzzle, love-in-a-tangle, St Catherine's flower, blue crown and devil in a bush
Plant Type	Annual
Pot Size	20 cm
Pet/Baby Safe	Yes.
Number of Seeds	200
Sowing Tips	Sow a few seeds per hole in warm, damp well drained soil lightly covered.

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