Nigella Flower Midnight. Purple with a striking dark centre. Love-in-a-mist Midnight Blue Nigella hispanica Midnight Blue Genus.
Ranunculaceae Nigella papillosa Midnight cultivated in Oregon USA. Height 50cm spread 30cm. More commonly called fennel flower for the whorl of bracts that create the mist are missing in this species.
Both have very ornamental spidery seed pods.
Full sun partial shade. Grow Nigella papillosa Midnight by sowing direct into beds and borders. Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends holidays and my vacations from April through September. All our garden flower seeds and vegetable seeds are shipped with full instructions how to plant growing instructions the perfect habit and other hints.