Nigella damascene (Love-in-a-Mist)
belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
I fell in love with this flower when I saw it on someone's blog last year. I just had to have it in my garden. It's native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. So, my chances of finding it in Canada were slim!
I managed to locate heirloom seeds, 'Persian Rose', online. I ordered them and planted them in June. I didn't have high hopes of them growing (considering our climate), but, against all odds...they grew and bloomed!
(The bloom is about the size of my thumbnail)
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Oh, Karen! What an exquisite flower!! I do love your captures of it, too!! Thanks so much for sharing! What a clever lady you are!! Hope you have a lovely weekend!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful macro photos! I like nigella...
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
A truly beautiful thing - and with luck they will self-seed for next year.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, my favourite is the one with the Bee, superb.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics. One of my favourites in the garden too.
ReplyDeleteThese are exquisite little blooms Karen and gorgeous photographs. Thank you for ID'ing it for me. I had forgotten its name. Thank you also for linking with Today's Flowers. And have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blooms and color.. Lovely images, happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteKaren .. I can understand your joy in seeing this beauty survive and bloom in your garden.
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary! As well as that winged insect! Golly you are a talented photographer.
ReplyDeleteThose probably won't take to coming back after a Great Northern Winter Freeze - but I am so impressed you took the care to try, and that something bloomed. Good for you, seriously!
Well done, Karen!! Hugs!
What an amazing flower!
ReplyDeleteOh it is beautiful Karen and I am so happy it loves Canada's weather:) Hug B
ReplyDeletean exotic beauty growing in canada! yay!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little flower and well done on growing it from seed....HPS Michelle
ReplyDeleteWow....VERY pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a gorgeous bloom. Good for you, finding it and nurturing it. Maybe next year, it'll bloom again?
ReplyDeleteThis is so unusual, Karen, and it is absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThey're gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThey are wonderful flowers, with the twisty stigmas and wispy foliage. I have had them self-sowing without care for 20 years here, they always appear in spring, mine are blue. Hopefully yours will do that too. The pink is pretty.
ReplyDeleteKaren, stopping back to say thank you for linking up, have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteVery nice !
ReplyDeleteIt is such a pity that times in the nursery world have changed so much that the larger old-fashioned flowers are no long available as seedlings or seeds. I have not been able to get any nigella seedlings this season or indeed tall growing stocks either. Everything is geared to the small or courtyard garden.
ReplyDeleteI find it quite disheartening to have to search out 'heritage' seeds just to have the flowers our grandmothers had reseeding in their gardens.
They are very pretty, love how the petals look, nice shape to them.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is exotic.
ReplyDeleteThe second picture with the wasp on the flower is simply wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything quite like it. Sure is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow- what a gorgeous flower! I'm glad they bloomed out for you..you never know unless you take a chance! I've never seen this before.
ReplyDeleteexcellent....don't you just love when that happens!!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful color!!!
Gorgeous specimen...and with an insect♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/just-my-grandson/
ReplyDeleteThe flower is really beautiful. I like the shot of the hover fly too.
ReplyDeleteThat is a gorgeous shot.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely flower. Looks unique.
ReplyDeleteWonderful macro photos! I like nigella...
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Hugs from Hamburg
Rivien
Wonderful macro photos! Like the soft look!
ReplyDeletelovely shot really like the hover fly too
ReplyDeleteNice to see it in PINK! I have seen only blue or white versions.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful nature shots.
ReplyDeleteA lovely summer flower! Have to remember to saw it next year. Missed it this summer.
ReplyDeleteOh lovely . And if there were the slightest chance that it would bloom in your climate I would have had no doubt that you are the gardener who could make it happen!
ReplyDeleteI hit publish" too soon. Meant to ask if this is a perennial or will you have to plant it each year?
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots of the beautiful flower.
ReplyDeleteKaren, how exciting! It's a gorgeous flower. No wonder you fell in love. You also captured it beautifully. I should plan some too!?!
ReplyDeleteSuperb images.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGreat images
ReplyDeleteLovely shots
how gorgeous Karen, I can see why you searched high and low for this beauty. Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
ReplyDeleteNigella are one of my favourite flower : their shape has something royal, in my opinion... And their colour pink to blue is so impressive...
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