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Nigella damascena |
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| Common name |
love in a mist |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
light-mid blue |
| Size |
2' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
From seed  |
self-seeds in our garden
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| Seed ripens | late July |
I don't think we'll ever be without this charming annual - even if we tried! The two areas where we grow this are the cutting garden, where it tries to conquer the whole area in early spring (luckily, it's easy to hoe away where we don't want it) and a rockpile in the back yard, where only the toughest plants survive (sedum and thistles are the other two). The seedheads that follow the flowers are decorative as well - they are the source of Amy's nickname for this plant: 'alien babyheads'.
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| | Seedlings emerge in late fall, and live through winter - truly a hardy annual |
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| | There's always a few white ones amid the mass of blue |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| John Rowe | Sep 30, 2010 | Thank you Your picture of the plant Nigella without flower will settle a discussion that my father in law is having with a friend who says it is a corn flower. |
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