I am so excited ! My Nigella 'University Mix' is in full bud. The buds are all over the plants. These are seeds I dropped this year in the Sun Garden. Even with all of the very cool things going on in my garden today, like dahlia looking like cat's eye marbles and multicoloured funky roses, this bud is the most exciting. I have been waiting not very patiently for him. In fact, it has been rather like standing at the stove waiting for the kettle to sing. I have never seen Nigella before other than in a photograph and it wasn't a great photograph. Yet he captivated me. He looked like a little 3-D flower sitting inside a bubble of green netting. The flower should open blue inside the green netting. Even in bud, I can tell you that he does not disappoint. If there is anything negative about this plant, I don't want to hear it. I am so taken with him that I will have to learn the hard way if there is an issue but I am hopeful there isn't. Love in a Mist. My garden will never be a summer without him again.
