Nigella Archives - Harvesting History

English Daisy November and December are THE BEST PLANTING MONTHS for These Perennial Seeds THE SEEDS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER AREA VAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/seeds/flowers/perennial/ This is the second newsletter in a short series devoted to discussing some flower, vegetable and herb seeds that do best when planted in the fall. There are a number of flowers and a few vegetables that can be difficult to grow when planted in the spring, but flourish with exceptional germination rates when planted in autumn. Today’s newsletter is going to focus on perennials. The English Daisy, Bellis perennis, (pictured above) is native to parts of Europe and the Mediterranean but was carried to North America by the earliest colonists. It has been a part of our horticultural legacy for as long

Nigella -  A Little History and Some Growing Instructions Nigella, also known as Love-In-A-Mist, Jack-In-The-Green or Lady-In-The-Bower, is an annual and member of the Ranunculus Family. It is native to southern Europe and the northern regions of Africa. It has been cultivated in British and European gardens since 1548, but it has been known since Biblical times when in Isaiah 28:27, it was called the "Bitter Fitch". The name Nigella comes from the word, niger, which means black. It refers to the color of the seeds which are used in medicinal and culinary applications. The seeds, when crushed into a paste, were used to banish freckles. The leaves are used in various recipes as an aromatic. The plant was introduced into the United States by colonists in the