Love-in-a-Mist, Miss Jekyll Mix

Description

Love-in-a-Mist, Miss Jekyll Mix, Nigella damascena – 100 or 400 seeds avg.

An old-fashioned plant commonly found in cottage gardens. A delightful little flower with lacey, fernlike foliage.

Planting Tips:

• A cool-season hardy annual that prefers full sun.
• Planting seeds directly in the garden is preferred.
• Cover seed; allow 14-21 days to germinate.
• Thin seedlings once 5″ tall to 6″ apart in the garden.
• Ht. 24″.
• Winter hardy in zone 6 and south.
• 65-70 days to bloom, 80-85 days to pods.

Keep the Blooms Coming:

• Harvest the central stem at almost ground level, just above the lowest three to four side shoots.
• Cut future stems at the base.
• Nigella can be harvested from the moment the blooms are cracking open until the seed pod has developed.