Nigella Mix
Nigella is a beautiful addition to any cottage-garden. Seemingly delicate and fairy-like in nature, these blooms are actually quite hardy and long-lasting both in the landscape and in the vase.
They’re floaty and pretty and add incredible texture with their wispy tendrils. If you leave them in the garden they will re-seed prolifically. We grow them both for the flowers and the very cool, structural pods that form after the blooms fade away.
This mix contains ‘Love in a Mist’, ‘African Bride’, ‘Delft Blue’ & ‘Mrs. Jekyll’.
100 seeds/packet
Nigella is a beautiful addition to any cottage-garden. Seemingly delicate and fairy-like in nature, these blooms are actually quite hardy and long-lasting both in the landscape and in the vase.
They’re floaty and pretty and add incredible texture with their wispy tendrils. If you leave them in the garden they will re-seed prolifically. We grow them both for the flowers and the very cool, structural pods that form after the blooms fade away.
This mix contains ‘Love in a Mist’, ‘African Bride’, ‘Delft Blue’ & ‘Mrs. Jekyll’.
100 seeds/packet
Nigella is a beautiful addition to any cottage-garden. Seemingly delicate and fairy-like in nature, these blooms are actually quite hardy and long-lasting both in the landscape and in the vase.
They’re floaty and pretty and add incredible texture with their wispy tendrils. If you leave them in the garden they will re-seed prolifically. We grow them both for the flowers and the very cool, structural pods that form after the blooms fade away.
This mix contains ‘Love in a Mist’, ‘African Bride’, ‘Delft Blue’ & ‘Mrs. Jekyll’.
100 seeds/packet
Nigella Seed-Starting Tips
Starting Seeds Indoors:
Fill a seed tray (or your preferred container) with moistened organic seed-starting mix.
Surface sow 3-4 seeds/cell. Tip: Sprinkle the seeds on top of the soil and press them down gently to ensure contact.
Sprinkle with a light cover of vermiculite to help retain moisture and still provide light to the seeds.
Cover with a humidity dome and place tray onto a heat mat.
Keep your grow-room cool (10-14c) to mimic their preferred growing environment.
As soon as they sprout, take them off of the heat mat and move them under a grow light. You could also start them under a grow light with the heat mat and just turn off the mat when they sprout.
Keep your grow lights within 3” of the seedlings as they grow.
Bottom water as needed (let the soil dry a bit between waterings).
When they are 2-3” tall, harden them off by taking the seedlings outside gradually more time daily for 5-7 days.
Plant in a well-amended bed, 6” apart, in clusters of 3-5 for impact.
Nigella do not benefit from pinching as their stems grow from the base of the plant.
Harvest by cutting the stem right at it’s base, which will tell the plant to grow more of the same.
Starting Seeds Outdoors:
Prepare your growing space with a healthy dose of organic compost.
Rake the surface as smooth as possible.
Press a very shallow trench into the soil using the flat side of a rake or a handprint.
Sprinkle seeds generously within the trench. *There is more risk of seeds being eaten or blown away etc. outside, so always sow more than you need and then thin (or transplant!) unwanted seedlings later.
For added protection from pests, lay row cover or a milk just over your planting until they germinate.
