Persian Jewels love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena 'Persian Jewels'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Persian Jewels' love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena 'Persian Jewels') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and average to wet soil of most types. It grows fast and stands erect, and it blooms from early to late summer. It also asks for little care.
Pairs well with Sensation cosmos, Mammoth Grey Stripe sunflower, and Cerise Queen yarrow.