🌸🌿 Tartar Discomfiture – Nigella damascena – 100 Flower Seeds

Bring mystique and beauty to your garden with Tartar Discomfiture, a rare cultivar of Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-Mist). These delicate blooms are framed by fine feathery foliage and produce striking flowers in shades of blue, lavender, and white. A favorite of pollinators and garden lovers alike, this annual flower adds an enchanting wildflower feel to any garden bed or border.

🌱 Plant Information & Growing Tips:

• Latin Name: Nigella damascena

• Common Name: Love-in-a-Mist

• Plant Type: Hardy Annual

• Height: 18–24 inches (45–60 cm)

• Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer

• Flower Colors: Shades of blue, white, and pale lavender

• Foliage: Finely divided, airy and ornamental

🛠️ Uses:

• Ideal for cottage gardens, wildflower beds, and borders

• Stunning in fresh floral arrangements

• Excellent dried seed pods for crafts and bouquets

• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects

• Great companion plant for vegetables

🕒 Sowing Time:

• Outdoors: Sow directly in early spring or fall (in mild climates)

• Indoors: Start 4-6 weeks before last frost, transplant carefully

• Germination Time: 10–14 days

• Sowing Depth: 1/8 inch (3 mm)

• Spacing: 6–10 inches (15–25 cm) between plants

🌍 Soil & Sun Requirements:

• Soil Type: Well-drained, light, loamy soil

• pH Range: Neutral to slightly alkaline (6.6–7.5)

• Sunlight: Full sun to light partial shade

• Watering: Moderate – drought-tolerant once established

🌼 Harvest & Seed Saving:

• Harvest blooms when fully open for fresh arrangements

• Allow seed pods to mature on the plant for dried decor or seed saving

• Self-seeds readily for blooms year after year

📦 Packet Includes:

• 100 premium-quality Nigella damascena seeds (Tartar Discomfiture cultivar)

• Instructions for planting and care