Description
Nigella ‘Persian Jewels’ or ‘Love-In-A-Mist’ bears delicate, old-fashioned flowers of red, rose pink, blue, deep violet-blue and white open a pale colour but mature to their intense, pure shades, each backed by a wispy, bright green ruff. Viewing the flowers from afar these flowers look as though they are floating in a mist. One of the most interesting shaped flowers you will ever see, both for its blooms and attractive fennel-like foliage. Love-in-a-mist grows naturally in rocky places native to Europe and North Africa, however, these flowers are well suited for traditional cottage garden settings or plant in a meadow where the soil is a little on the dry side and not too rich.
It is a charming, hardy, self-sowing annual, flowering the same year, thats very much at home in any garden. It is also a very popular cut flower and can be dried for winter decoration.
Sow early spring to early summer outdoors where they are to flower. Prepare the ground well and rake to a fine tilth before sowing.
Sow 3mm (1/8in) deep in rows 30cm (12in) apart. Germination usually takes approximately 21 days. When large enough to handle thin out to 23cm (9in) apart. They prefer a sunny open site but will grow in most sites and soils.
An early autumn sowing can be made in sheltered areas for earlier flowers the following year.
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