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Love in the Mist  
Botanical Name: Nigella damascena


Description:
Love-in-a-Mist is a hardy annual belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) with very fine, threadlike foliage and charming 1.5-inch flowers at the end of each branch. An excellent cut flower it also forms interesting horned seed capsules, which are beautiful in dried arrangements. Comes into bloom very quickly. Make successive sowings to ensure a continuous supply. Where winters are mild it can be sown in the fall for very early spring bloom the following year. Grows to 1.5-feet tall.


Notes:
Seeds from Blair Farmer's Market 2004. Planted spring 2005.
Added: 5/18/2010
Updated: 5/18/2010
 
 

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