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Love-in-a-Mist 'Persian Jewels Indigo'
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Love-in-a-Mist 'Persian Jewels Indigo'

Nigella damascena
Layer upon layer of cut-edged petals in denim blue are followed by decorative puffed seed pods, filled to the brim with velvety black seeds. This lovely plant is easy to grow and can provide all-season bloom in moderate summer areas with two sowings, one in spring and another in midsummer, to supply a profusion of cut flowers for fresh and dried small bouquets.
SKU #S1943
$3.25
Details
Approximate Seeds Per Packet
317
Lifecycle
Annual
Annual Hardiness
Hardy Annual
Mature Size
1-1.5' h x 1' w
Sun
Full sun
Soil
Regular to rich, moist, well-drained
Season
Spring to summer
Features
Great Cut Flower
Heat or Drought Tolerant
Attracts Bees
SOWING INSTRUCTIONS
Depth:
1/16"
Sprout Time:
7-21 days
Seed To Bloom:
12 weeks
Starting Indoors:
Not recommended.
Starting Outdoors:
Recommended. Direct sow 3-4 weeks before last frost and again in early to mid-summer for continued bloom. Fall sow in zones 7-10.
PLACEMENT & CULTIVATION
Nigella, or love-in-a-mist, is a classic cottage garden flower long-loved for it is easy to grow, flowers freely, and produces abundant clusters of decorative seedpods. Grow in containers, the front of borders, or cut flower gardens. The inflated striped seed pods make perfect dried flowers; fresh-cut flowers are charming combined with calendulas and other small spring annuals. Excellent as a tulip and small bulb companion, its fresh foliage hides but never smothers the fading bulb foliage, the flowers adding another season of bloom. Deadhead to prolong flowering or allow the decorative seedpods to develop. Self-sows.
Final Spacing:
8"
Water Requirements:
Medium Water Use
Watering Details:
1" per week
Soil pH:
Acidic to neutral
Fertilizer:
Mix in 1-2" inches of compost prior to planting.
Diseases & Pests:
No serious diseases or pests.
When to Cut for Bouquets:
Harvest freshly opened flowers; for dry use once seed pods have dried.