Nigella Species, Devil in a Bush, Hair of Venus, Love-in-a-Mist, Ragged Lady (Nigella damascena)

by gardener_mick Nov 5, 2000 12:00 PM

Love-in-a-Mist in my gardem in Victoria, Australia, November 2005

Love-in-a-mist flower in my garden in Victoria, Australia, November 2004

Love-in-a-Mist in my gardem in Victoria, Australia, November 2005

Love in a Mist

white with purple center

blue flower with faded white center

Nigella 'Mulberry Rose' beginning to form seedhead (center) but still colorful

Blue and white nigella. You can see a seed pod also.

This flower has both blue and white on the petals.

Nigella seed pods

Nigella seeds heads ready to harvest

Seed pod ready to open.

A blue one about to open.

Beautiful seedpods.

Love the fennel-like foliage

Close-up detail of leaf

Flower

Covered in seedpods.

Love in the Mist June 2006

'love in a mist' seed pods

Wintersown seedlings mid-April, zone 5a

Nigella Seed Pod

June 15, 2008

After the rain.

A seed pod forming.

Seed pod ripening.

Love-in-a-mist

5-20-10 Christiana, TN

June 16, 2009

White Nigella from multi-colored mix. These are so pretty in person - hard to capture their enchanting delicacy on film.

Nigella growing in my little wildflower meadow. Gets full sun, little water - and looks great! My favorite new flower.

June 21, 2011

Growing in Farmington, NY

Nigella 'Love-in-a-Mist' taken in a Nelson Convent garden in early November, New Zealand

Nigella 'Love-in-a-Mist' budding in early November in Nelson, New Zealand

A few were pink... most were Blue... spectacular!

05-06-12

05-29-12

Pretty 'Love in a Mist' in mid November in a friend's Waihi garden, New Zealand

A closer view

Flower detail

Nigella 'Love in a Mist' - lovely blue flower

This appeared wild in my garden , escaped from somewhere and shows up here from time to time .. savig seeds this time

it often shows up here looking like this

This appeared all of its own in our bird island, where lava rocks, mosses and sunflowers grow. We feed no whole seeds, so likely a 'dropping' from another location. Thanks! Pretty!

Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist, about 2 weeks after germination

Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist 7/5/2014

Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist young seed pod

Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens, an expert horticulturalist and plant enthusiast who gives lectures and classes around the USA including at Longwood Gardens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. Learn more about him and his love of all things horticulture at http://www.karlgercens.com/