Love in a Mist

The image shows Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena), also known as Fennel Flower or Devil-in-a-Bush.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne Light love in a mist, by the midsummer moon misguided, Scarce seen in the twilight garden if gloom insist, Seems vainly to seek for a star whose gleam has derided Light love in a mist. All day in the sun, when the breezes do all they list. His soft blue raiment…

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Flowers of July: Devil’s Claw, Love-in-a-Mist, and the Sunlit Marigold

Nigella damascena also known as Love in a Mist.

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Nigella damascena also known as Love in a Mist. July 16, 2020 Today’s celebration belongs to the flowers of July—the glowing…

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