This easy grow annual plant has it all pretty fern like foliage handsome velvety flowers and eye45catching seed45heads33 easy to grow by sowing direct into beds and borders rich blue flowers sit aloft the lacy fine45cut foliage these are followed by quirky dark purple seed pods extending the interest of this border star well into autumn nigella 39midnight39 is perfect for cutting and using fresh or dried remove dead heads to prolong the flowering season