Close-up of Miss Jekyll's black cumin flowers.

Damask black cumin Miss Jekyll Mix

Name: Damask black cumin Miss Jekyll Mix
SKU: 48374
Price: 4.50 CAD
Availability: InStock

$ 4,50

Nigella damascena, Ranunculaceae

Venus-hair, spider's legs, Capuchin-beard, devil-in-the-bush, love-in-a-mist

Add an air of the Mediterranean to your garden with Damask Nigella 'Miss Jekyll Mix', an annual flowering plant perfect for sunny, dry gardens. It laughs off heatwaves and puts on a three-part show: firstly, with its fine, lacy foliage, which contrasts beautifully with the more opaque foliage around it... then with its mainly pale-blue blossoms, embellished with whites and a few pinks, with semi-double, double or even triple petals (including the irresistible sky-blue selected by Gertrude Jekyll in 1899), and with the swollen, predominantly mauve seed capsules that follow, popular for making dry bouquets. Approx. 45 cm high.

about 300 seeds

Locally-sourced, handcrafted seeds from the Jardin du BanquetSt-Germain-de-Kamouraska

In stock

Categories: ornamental, flowering plants, Friendly seed growers Tags: To discover, annual, blueuviolet, cut flowers, pollinators, ranunculaceae, se-resseme

Description
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Sow in situ in spring, seeds barely covered (germination: 7-14 days at 15 °C - 21 °C). Thin to 15-20 cm, then leave 30-40 cm between rows. Broadcast sowing is also possible. Plants will reach a height of 45 cm. A warm location in full sun, in soil that drains well. ph 6.0-7.0 (liming as needed!). Black cumin doesn't transplant well, but it reseeds itself.

See our other variety of black cumin, this one edible, click here.

1st photo: Jardin du Banquet

2nd photo: cropping of a work on paper by Denise Pelletier, Kamouraska