Nigella arvensis
Love in a mist, Wild fennel
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.4m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This pretty, rather lax plant has branching stems that carry the feathery looking, much divided foliage. Coloured fresh green it makes a delicate tangle as the season progresses. The flowers are held on 50cm (20in) stems. They are rounded, with five separate pale blue rather wedge shaped petals surrounding the prominent green centre. The underside of the petals have finest lines of green veining on them. This plant flowers from June through to August. It is found growing in dry places in limestone country so it does best in full sunshine on very well drained chalky soil. It stands round 30cm (1ft) high with a 40cm (16in) spread.
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Column
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.4m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Herb garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.