Description

Botanical Interests' African Bride Love-In-A-Mist Seeds offer striking, dual-colored flowers with white petals and deep purple to burgundy pistils and stamens. Known for their dramatic presence in cut flower arrangements, these plants are also perfect for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden. With its nearly black, papery “lanterns” forming after the flowers drop, this variety adds visual interest to your landscape and dried arrangements. Native to northern Africa and southwestern Europe, 'African Bride' is drought-tolerant and thrives in full sun, making it an ideal, low-maintenance addition to your garden or floral displays.

Botanical Name: Nigella hispanica
Family: Ranunculaceae
Native: Southwest Europe and Northern Africa
Hardiness: Annual
Plant Dimensions: 18″–36″ tall
Variety Information: 1″ wide, white petals with deep purple to burgundy pistils and stamens
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Period: Summer to fall
Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flower, Drought Tolerant

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date. For continual bloom, sow every 2 to 4 weeks after initial sowing until midsummer. Also sow in early fall for very early spring bloom.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended; seedlings are sensitive to transplant disturbance.
Days to Emerge: 10–15 days
Seed Depth: Barely cover
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8″
Thinning: When 1' tall thin to every 8″

Harvesting: For longest vase life, harvest flowers in the morning when fully open. For dried pods, let seed pods form, then clip and hang upside down in a warm, dry location out of bright light, for about 2 weeks.

170 seeds.