Nigella 'Miss Jekyll’ Seeds

£4.50

blue nigella flowers + dried seed pods.

A rom-com of the garden, these sky-blue beauties, may look wispy and delicate, but nigella is no damsel in distress and will be hardy to an English frost.

why it's special:

Nigella seeds are easy to germinate and quick to grow.
A long season of blooms, even in the cooler months.
Blooms make for excellent cut or dried flowers for your home with sculptural seed pods.
Makes for great ground coverage over spring bulbs.

good to know:

Shade friendly

Grows in pots

Fuss-free

Cut flowers

Open-pollinated, GMO-free seeds.

plant size

↑ 60 cm
⇆ 30 cm

position

Sun or light shade.

soil

Free draining.

support

Water weekly.
Feed once a year.

Love-in-a-mist/ miss jekyll (Nigella) is a pretty and easy to grow hardy annual flower that was first from the Mediterranean and North Africa. Its a quick grower and an easy one from seed. Love-in-a-mist/ miss Jekyll blooms in the summer on dainty upright stems clothed in feathery green leaves, and produce decorative seed pods which look great dried. Love-in-a-mist/ miss Jekyll is often called a ‘sow and forget’ annual as the seeds can be sown direct in the soil and germinate reliably. Love in a mist makes an excellent and long-lasting cut flower, and the seed heads can also be dried and used in flower arrangements.

plant type
Annual

pot size
20 cm

pet / baby safe
Yes.

approx. number of seeds
200

sowing guide
Sow a few seeds per hole in warm, damp well drained soil lightly covered.