Flowers
Nigella papillosa 'Delft Blue'
Love-in-a-Mist
Delft Blue Nigella shows the pattern of the Dutch pottery - pale flowers with splashes of blue. The crimson center of stamens adds to the dramatic effect. Equally attractive seedpods when petals drop. Good flowers for cutting and arranging, but also attractive to pollinators.
- Plant type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 60cm
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
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Sow outdoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Sow outside where they are to flower March-May. Sow 3mm deep in rows 30cm apart. Alternatively scatter the seeds and lightly rake into the fine soil. Can also be sown directly Aug-Nov for earlier show of flowers the following year. An easy-to-grow annual which will self-seed unless they are deadheaded and seed pods are removed.
Aftercare
If growing for cut flowers, leave some to develop seed pods which can then be picked for drying.
Gallery
Ref. SEN010