Nigella Damascena

Nigella damascena - honey plant

A low-maintenance and long-flowering honey plant. Flowers are single or double with green fringed bracts. Suitable for borders, flower beds in naturalistic gardens. Ornamental fruits and flowers are suitable for drying. Nigella seeds have a sharp, spicy flavour and as a spice are added to cheeses, bread, and fatty meats; they have choleretic, diuretic, carminative, antibacterial, analgesic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties. Leaves can be used as a spice – they contain more vitamin C than parsley leaves. Grows well in any garden soil. Sow at a depth of 1cm directly into the ground in April-May.

Sowing: April-May directly into the ground
Spacing: 40x15
Height: 40-45
Flowering: May-September
Position: sunny