About

This free-flowering annual, reaching 15-45cm, with a bushy habit. It produces abundant flowers in pink. 'Miss Jekyll Rose' is valued in garden settings.

About the genus

Nigella are upright, bushy annuals with finely dissected leaves and solitary flowers with 5 blue or white, petal-like sepals and feathery bracts, followed by ornamental seed pods

Plant details

Suggested usesBedding, containers

Care notes

CultivationFertile moist soil, sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow spring
Pest resistanceAphids, slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould