General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches
Leaves: Other: Finely, deeply dissected leaves have a spidery appearance.
Fruit: Showy
Other: Sectioned pods with twisted filaments.
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Surface sow, lightly covering with soil.
Other info: Readily self sows.

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Common names
  • Fennel Flower
  • Spanish Love-in-a-Mist
  • Spanish Fennel
  • Nutmeg Flower

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Date: 2009-05-12
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-31
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-08-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-08-11

Date: 2011-07-19
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20

Date: 2011-07-19
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER

Date: 2011-07-19
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER

Date: 2011-07-19
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER

Date: 2011-07-19
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER

Date: 2011-07-17
Photo courtesy of: Ans GORTER

Date: 2012-01-30
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