Everyone can grow nigella

Nigella is an annual plant. Reaches a height of 60 centimeters. Small leaves and large flowers look like an openwork blanket covering the ground. In modern agricultural technology, several varieties of this flower are distinguished: Nigella orientalis, Nigella Damascus, Nigella Spanish, Nigella sativa. They differ in the color of the flowers, but growing nigella of all these varieties is approximately the same.

Conditions for growing nigella

The first thing you need to do if you decide to grow nigella is to prepare the soil in the fall, dig it up and add humus. In the spring, add a mineral mixture, form a bed and sow flowers. After emergence of seedlings, the bed is thinned to a distance of 50 cm between seedlings. Growing nigella does not tolerate crowding. During dry periods, Nigella loves abundant watering. Loves this branching and weeding.

Once flowering begins, you will never tire of being amazed at the beauty of this flower. Nigella is also used as a spice. One of its names is “Roman coriander”. Nigella looks amazingly beautiful in flower beds and borders, Moorish lawns and dried bouquets. Even in winter, dried nigella boxes will delight your eyes, reminding you of the warm summer.