Delft Blue, a Nigella papillosa species, has a central fountain of plum-purple stamens surrounded by horizontally held petals in delicate blue and white shades. These flowers are definitely cut-&-come-again: cut blooms regularly to encourage growth and to prolong flowering. Ideal for cutting and arranging fresh or dried. Sow in spring or autumn, summer flowering with autumn seed pods. Height 55cm
The history behind this variety
Originated from a cross between a kale, brussels sprout and then recrossed
with purple sprouting broccoli. This breeding was found of interest by Charles Darwin and mentioned
in his writings of the Gardeners Chronical of 1860, and his book Animals and Plants under Domestication in 1868
