Love-in-a-mist ‘Miss Jekyll’
Nigella damascena · Flower · No. 49
- Sow under cover
- —
- Sow outdoors
- Mar–May, Sep
- Flowers
- Jun–Aug
- Germination
- 10–14 days
- Spacing
- 20 cm in the row, 30 cm between rows
- Days to flower
- 60–70 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Easy
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoors | March | April | May | September | ||||||||
| Flowers | June | July | August |
Notes
Blue flowers, inflated seed pods. Cut pods when they turn papery. Self-seeds.
Saving seed · Easy
Self-pollinating annual. Seed ripens the same season. Keep 3 m from other varieties of the same plant.
- Mark two or three healthy plants early.
- Leave the fruit, pod or head to ripen fully on the plant.
- Dry the seed 7–14 days on paper, out of direct sun.