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NIGELLA 'Persian Rose'
Medium
Sun
Pink
Reasonable soil
Summer
Seed Packet
Qty
Description
Average content per packet: 750 seeds
Height 30-40cm
Easily grown annual with a compact bushy habit and Lacey foliage, with blooms in shades of soft rose. Ideal for cottage garden and cut flower. Blooms are filled by inflated seed pods. Hardy Annual.
SOWING:
WHEN:
March - May
WHERE:
Indoors - Moisten compost before sowing. Sow thinly and cover with compost. Germination in 3 weeks. Prick out when large enough to handle, into trays or single pots.
Outdoors - Prepare a clean, fine crumbly seed bed and scatter the seeds. Rake in and firm gently. Thin out if necessary.
FLOWER:
July onwards. Seed pods can be dried for decoration.