Nigella – Devil-in-a-bush – Love-in-a-mist <\/strong>–<\/p>\n

There are 15-20 species of stiffly erect, bushy annuals in this genus. They occur on rocky slopes, wasteland, and in fallow fields in the Mediterranean, Eurasia, Northern Africa and in Western Asia.\u00a0\u00a0 It produces alternate, feathery, pinnatisect to 3 pinnatisect leaves. The solitary, sometimes paired, terminal or axillary flowers, borne mainly in summer, are pink, blue, yellow, or white, with 5 petal-like sepals, and 5-10 smaller, 2 lipped true petals, they nestle within a showy, ruff like collar of strongly veined leaves, with hairy, wispy divisions at the each tip. The decorative, occasionally inflated capsules with persistent styles can be dried for flower arrangements. Grow in an informal, mixed or annual border, self seeding usually occurs. They also provide long lasting cut flowers<\/p>\n

Grow in any fertile, well drained soil in full sun.<\/p>\n

N. orientalis \u2018Transformer\u2019<\/strong> – This bushy annual grows 18″ tall and 9-12″ wide. It produces finely divided, 2 or 3 pinnatisect, broadly ovate, bluish green leaves, to 5 \u00bd” long. In late spring and early summer it bears terminal, solitary yellow flowers,, to 1 3\/4″ across. The strongly ribbed seed pods resemble inside-out umbrellas, make an unusually addition to dried flower arrangements.<\/p>\n

Hardiness 12-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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