Love in a Mist
- Botanical Name
- Nigella damascena
- Height
- 18 to 24 inches
- Width
- 18 inches wide
- Flowers
- Summer: blue, white, pink, rose, purple; followed by showy seedheads
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Sow seeds directly in the garden, 1/8 inch deep, as soon as the ground can be worked in spring
- In cool summer climates, additional sowings can be done every 3-4 weeks until mid summer
- Start seeds indoors about 4 to 6 weeks before the last spring frost date
- Since plants dislike transplanting, sow in individual peat pots when starting indoors and carefully plant out in the garden
- Deadheading will prolong bloom, but sacrifices the development of attractive seed pods
- Readily self-sows in the garden
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Miss Jekyll - soft blue, semi-double flowers
- Miss Jekyll Alba - pure white semi-double flowers
- Persian Jewels series - white, light blue, lavender, mauve, purple and rose double flowers
- Mulberry Rose - deep pink
- Oxford Blue - deep blue flowers with dark seed pods, taller variety
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