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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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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: cutting garden, back yard Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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January 22, 2005
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