Re: deadheading/ now Catching seeds

Donna -

I actually acquired love-in-the-mist by accident.  My husband bought a 
chipper/shredder at Sears hardware and he had my daughter with him (about 1 
1/2 yr old at the time) and she picked up one of those "wildflower" seed 
cartons with a butterfly on it....well the manager was so touched by her 
knowledge of butterfly's, at such a young age, that he gave his the 
(cylinder) carton of seeds.

Well - together we poured them into a bare spot in my garden and to my 
surprise a few things did come up and survive...one being the 
love-in-the-mist.  Well - when I first saw the foliage I thought it was a 
weed for sure but I waited all through the fall/winter to just see what this 
"weed" might do.  When warmer days arrived the threadleafed/feathery looking 
plant began to grow and then to bloom....It had white, pink and blue (baby 
blue) blooms that were simple but nice and to follow is a very round seed 
pod.  Well ever since that fall I've had love-in-the-mist pop up somewhere 
out there.  The plant alone is nothing truely special but in a mass or mixed 
in with others it does come as a nice surprise.  Last year I had a couple 
right under my larkspur and delphiniums....wonderful hand that nature has.

Love-in-the-mist's botantical name is:  Nigella, catalog says it is in the 
Ranunculaceae family--althought to me it looks nothing like a 
ranuncula....blooms are a bit similiar to borage.  I've seen the seeds at 
most garden centers and, of course, WalMart.  They are usually in most 
catalogs....T & M has them in their 1999 catalog, page 117.  This is not a 
spectactular annual but it can be a nice little addition.  Once you have it I 
think you will probably always have a surprise in the spring somewhere in 
your garden.

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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