Our 2025 EFN seed catalogue is now live! Featuring over 130 new varieties and over 640 total varieties, sourced from over 50 different growers from across the country. Huge thanks to all of our growers, volunteers, and to our stellar seed-house team in Minnesota! Each of you make this work possible.

'Delft Blue' Love-in-a-Mist

'Delft Blue' Love-in-a-Mist

$3.75 Sale

Nigella papillosa

Origin: Unknown

Improvement status: Cultivar

Seeds per packet: ~120

Germination tested 11/2023: 84%

Life cycle: Annual

'Delft Blue' is a charming love-in-a-mist with white and blue-purple flowers, reminiscent of the colors of the famous Dutch "Delft Blue" pottery. We can't find any information on the origin of this variety or who bred it, so if anyone can help us fill in the story, please get in touch! This variety is typically listed as Nigella papillosa, but from what we can tell this may just be a synonym for Nigella hispanica (quite mysterious, no?), but in either case, it is quite similar to the more common Nigella damascena, and can be used similarly. The early-blooming flowers are a delight to behold, and the balloon-like seed pods are beautiful fresh or dried in flower arrangements.

Our seed comes from the great flower farmers of Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, Oregon.