Annuals, Weeds > Nigella > Nigella damascena > Nigella damascena
Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-Mist
Origin: Native to Syria.
Mike's
Opinion
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A free seeding annual that needs editing in the garden but when combined with plants like Eschsholzia and Aquilegia produces canvases of 'Monet' like quality.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Ranunculaceae |
| Genus |
| Nigella |
| Species |
| damascena |
| Category |
| Annuals, Weeds |
| Height |
| 30-60 cm |
| Spread |
| 10-20 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| A free seeding annual, suited to broad garden planting or large pots. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Propagation |
| Freely from seed direct sown in the spring, seed may overwinter in the garden from previous plantings and germinate the following spring. Such plantings require thinning to produce quality plants. Plants can also be greenhouse sown in late spring and transplanted after danger of frost has passed. |
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