Nigella damascena Persian Jewels Mix

Nigella is a small annual plant that offers airy, very refined flowering and extremely fine decorative foliage! Best known is the Damask nigella, <em>Nigella damascena</em>. It bears star-shaped flowers, often blue but sometimes pink or white. You can pick its flowers to create bouquets... and even make dried bouquets with the fruits, almost as decorative as the flowers! Nigella is also known for edible seeds; however, these come not from the ornamental species, <em>Nigella damascena</em>, but from another species, <em>Nigella sativa</em> — not to be confused! Undemanding and requiring almost no maintenance, Nigella is among the easiest plants to grow! It thrives in free-draining, light soil, even poor in organic matter. It prefers a sunny position or light shade. It is not susceptible to diseases, and very easy to propagate by sowing! It also tends to self-seed in the garden. It does not smother other plants, but fills gaps in borders!