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Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist Miss Jekyll Blue Seeds - Nigella damascena
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Al M.
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Al M.
Sown in mid-May, I had an ocean of beautifully cut leaves after about a month, and then a few weeks later the flowers... They are magnificent in their singularity and color, and now at the end of August, there are the seed pods. You just need to stake them if a storm passes by, but even lying down, they manage to be charming...
Claire, 01/09/2024
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Love-in-a-mist 'Miss Jekyll Blue' also named Nigella damascena, bears from spring to summer adorable, marvellously simple and delicate, pale blue nigella flowers above an airy foliage. The flowers then turn into original fruits; round, papery capsules embellished with very fine 'hair' and that are very decorative in dried flower bouquets. Sow this delightful variety directly outside like stardust, in a rock garden or in sunny flowerbeds, without fear of disturbing neighbouring plants. It makes excellents flowers for bouquets. Foliage, flowers, fruit: everything is decorative with this easy-to-grow plant!
Nigella damascena is an annual plant of the buttercup family (Renonculaceae) native to the Near East. In the wild, it grows in uncultivated, rocky areas, roadsides, and in the most difficult of soils. It is an annual plant whose life span does not exceed a few months, but which spontaneously and generously self-seeds. Very hardy and fast-growing, this plant spends the winter as a seedling and in spring forms a beautiful clump of feathery foliage, like that of fennel, and grows up to 50 cm high and 20 to 30 cm wide. 'Miss Jekyll Blue' is a variety characterized by its simple, light sapphire blue flowers. Flowering takes place from May to August, depending on when the seeds were sown. Its beautiful flowers feature tapered petals, surrounded by a lace collar and are nestled in the foliage. They are about 3 cm in diameter and develop into round, pinkish-brown capsules that become silky when ripe and contain a large quantity of small black seeds.
Being one of the plants commonly cultivated in monastic gardens, the Damascus nigella, so aptly named by the English 'Love-in-a-mist', is one of the easiest plants to grow in well-drained soils. It is charming and perfect everywhere and goes well with all the other plants: in natural gardens, rock gardens, perennial beds, where it contrasts beautifully with coarse textured plants. It can also be combined with shrub roses, old roses, bushes or botanical roses. Love-in-a-mist colonizes open spaces in record time and can quickly create a colourful, rural setting with Lady phacelia, Honeywort, sainfoins, Californian poppies, perennial flax, rosemary or wild chicory.
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Sowing Love-in-a-mist is child's play. You can either sow in spring or at the end of summer since the seedlings are hardy and overwinter without suffering any damage. Sow the seeds outside, directly in the ground. Prepare the soil well in order to loosen it before sowing. Sow in rows 6 mm deep and 30 cm apart. The young plants do not like to be disturbed at all. You can make beautiful flowering pots for spring by sowing the seeds in an unheated greenhouse or veranda in late summer and autumn. Thin out the seedlings to allow a 20 cm spacing. Nigella likes sunshine and tolerates drought well because it adapts its life cycle to the weather conditions. It flowers early in regions with dry summers and all summer long in cooler climates. These plants self-seed freely in the garden but their seedlings can differ in appearance.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.