Love In A Mist Flower Kingdom

Native to europe north africa and asia it is now grown in gardens throughout temperate regions of the world it grows 45 to 60 cm 18 to 24 inches tall and has lacelike leaves.

Love in a mist flower kingdom. Part of the buttercup family of plants they grow in white blue and pink varieties. For many years miss jekyll was the only variety available which is a beautiful sky blue colour. Nigella is also part of the plant kingdom.

Love in a mist is nigella damascena. The specific epithet damascena relates to damascus in syria. Love in a mist has been grown in gardens since the late sixteenth century.

This flower is a favourite for filling in any gaps in flower borders. Love in a mist also referred to as nigellas are a classic cottage garden flower. Its botanical genus name is derived from niger the latin word for black which refers to the rich black seeds of the plant and.

The delicate flowers blue or white and about 4 cm 1 5 inches across are set within a ring of feathery green. They are extremely easy to grow with low maintenance required. Nigella nigella damascena earns the common name love in a mist because of the tangle of ferny fennel like foliage that forms a mist around the flowers once you see n.

Native to southern europe north africa and southwestern asia love in a mist can be found growing wild in meadows fields along roadsides and at the edges of woodlands. Nigella damascena love in a mist ragged lady or devil in the bush is an annual garden flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family ranunculaceae it is native to southern europe but adventive in more northern countries of europe north africa and southwest asia where it is found on neglected damp patches of land. Love in the mist grows upright to heights of from one to two feet and produces flowers in cooling shades of white blue pink and purple.

While i admire all the different varieties more than 15 are widely available my favorite is the traditional miss jekyll indigo with its rich blue blooms that float over the finely cut leaves. Jefferson sowed a related species nutmeg flower nigella sativa in an oval flower bed at monticello on april 18 1810. Love in a mist is a very delicate ornamental flower with feathery almost fern like leaves.