Nigella Flower Perennial. Farther north its grown as an annual. Nigella sativa or fennel flower has blue flowers and black seeds used for seasoning.
The pretty blossoms are borne atop stems clad with finely-cut feathery foliage that forms a mist around them. In the garden plants are often allowed to self-sow. Nigella damascena Love-in-a-Mist is a popular upright bushy annual boasting pale blue flowers 1.
These are supported by a thread-like leaf structure known as a ruff on the cultivar love in a mist plant.
Nigella damascena love-in-a-mist is a lovely old cottage garden flower a favourite for scattering wherever theres a gap in the flower border. 20052014 Nigella damascena does not like transplanting is at its peak during the cooler parts of spring and early summer and can be a prolific self-sower. Late spring to fall. Damascena is an upright bushy annual to 50cm withfeathery foliage.