Nigella Flower Annual Or Perennial. Autumn sowings will need winter protection under a cold frame or cloche. 19022016 And like its cousin the flowers tend to close in the afternoon hours.
Nigella blooms in the summer with blue pink or white flowers and have feathery leaves. 8 to 20 in. Nigella damascena Love-in-a-Mist is a popular upright bushy annual boasting pale blue flowers 1.
Also the horned pod-shaped seed heads are marvelous in fresh or dried arrangements.
You can pick the flowers to compose beautiful bouquets and even make dry bouquets with the fruit. Call now to order. You can also sow Nigella where small bulbous plants bloom in early spring. Easy-to-grow cottage garden annuals they are used to bolster borders in early summer and as a cut flower.