Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena) is a beautiful Victorian garden annual blooming in soft shades of blue, pink, white, and lavender. Because its fern-like leaves look similar to fennel, it has also been called fennel flower. This annual herbaceous plant is in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), readily self-seeds, and is common in old-fashioned cottage gardens. It grows in full sun to partial shade and blooms from late spring through fall. Nigella is short-lived, so for continuous bloom, repeat sowing every four weeks. You can cut and deadhead this plant to keep it flowering longer.
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/flowers/nigella/nigella.htm
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I’ve never seen that flower before. It’s just gorgeous…I love the colors. I’m getting quite the horticultural education on this here blog!
Augh. Another seed to buy. 🙂
I have always loved this plant! I’ve tried growing nigella for the first time and the flowers did not disappoint! I hope mine will self seed!