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Ranunculaceae
Jack-in-the-green
Nigella damascena
Also known as Nigella bithynica, Primrose, Nigella pygmaea, Nigella damascena var. minor
Native Plants · Nigella · Love In A Mist · Annual · Cottage Garden · Cutting Flower · Self Seeding · Ornamental Seed Pods · Ranunculaceae · Easy Care · Blue Flowers
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena) is an easy-to-grow annual that self-seeds freely, making it a charming recurring presence in cottage and cutting gardens. Plant in well-drained soil in a sunny to partially shaded spot and water regularly while seedlings establish. Its feathery foliage, jewel-toned flowers, and decorative seed pods make it a three-season ornamental.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water at the base until soil is moist, allowing the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 9 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Illinois, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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