Flowers
Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'
Love-in-a-Mist
This Love-in-a-Mist variety is a classic cottage-garden flower; perfect for achieving a naturalistic feel. Easy-to-grow and loved by pollinators and birds. Flowers can be cut and displayed in a vase, as can the inflated seedpods, which are also ideal for drying.
- Plant type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 60cm
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
Sowing & growing
Sow outside where they are to grow in March-May. 3 mm deep and rows 30 cm apart. Alternatively scatter the seeds and rake into the fine soil. Once seedlings appear thin out to avoid congestion. For an early display next year sow outside in September to November. It's an easy to grow annual but if you do not want it to self seed dead headed regularly and remove the seed pods.
Aftercare
When picking make sure some flowers are left to develop seed pods, pick these for drying before they open.
Gallery
Ref. SEN012