Can you grow love-in-a-mist in pots?

Love-in-a-mist looks charming in a loose cottage, meadow, or cutting garden. You can also use this annual in a container planting where the fennel-like foliage adds texture and contrast to bolder leaves like lamb's ear or Bergenia. Nigella is the perfect annual to sow over spring bulbs.

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Subsequently, is nigella an annual?

Love-in-a-mist (Nigella) is a pretty and easy to grow hardy annual flower that originates from the Mediterranean and North Africa. It grows quickly and easily from seed. In respect to this, can you dry nigella flowers? Nigella can be easily dried. Nigella pods range from deep green to deep burgundy, with stripes in between. The first few pods are picked with as long a stem as possible, one at a time. The plants flowers profusely and so when most of the flowers become seed pods, pull the entire plant and cut the stems.

And another question, do you cut back love in the mist?

Love in a mist, also referred to as Nigellas, are a classic cottage garden flower. Even though these flowers are not particularly scented, they make a stunning cut flower in an arrangement but also dry very well. Once cut they normally last for around 7 to 10 days, making your arrangement look brighter for longer.