Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's Lace is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Queen Anne's Lace is a hardy, vigorous, tall annual to 1.5 m, with clusters of greenish-white lacy flowers 10 - 15 cm in diameter. It is grown as a cottage garden plant and cut flower. The leaves are edible, with a flavour similar to cress. A very useful flowering plant as it attracts beneficial insects including lacewings, assassin bugs and predatory wasps; it can also be planted as part of an orchard understorey and on garden edges. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas. Sow early Spring and again in Autumn in temperate areas. Sow April - September in subtropical areas; avoid frost periods. The best germination soil temperature is between 15 - 25°C. Germination will take 7 - 21 days. Sow the seed 2 - 5 mm deep direct into a garden bed, it dislikes being transplanted. Space the plants 30 cm apart.
Product: Queen Anne's Lace
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Ammi visnaga
Syn.: Syn. Green Mist, Khella, Bishop's weed
Syn. Green Mist, Khella, Bishop's weed. Queen Anne's Lace is a hardy, vigorous, tall annual with clusters of greenish-white lacy flowers 10-15 cm in dia.; it is commonly grown as a cut flower. The leaves are edible, with a flavour similar to cress. A very useful flowering plant as it attracts beneficial insects including lacewings, assassin bugs and predatory wasps; it can also be planted as part of an orchard understorey. Khella seeds were used medicinally in ancient Egypt.
Plant type: Cool season annual
Plant height: 100 - 120 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 15 - 25°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring, again in autumn
Subtropical: April - September; avoid frost periods
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 7 - 21 days
Depth: 2 - 5 mm deep; cover seed lightly with fine soil and firm down, keep moist
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Direct into garden bed; does not transplant well
Soil type: Fertile well-drained, soil pH 6 - 7
Details: Self-sowing is common
Harvest: 110 - 120 days to flowering
*Good for bees
100 seeds per packet
Ammi visnaga
Syn. Green Mist, Khella, Bishop's weed
Cool season annual
Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's Lace is a hardy, vigorous, tall annual to 1.5 m, with clusters of greenish-white lacy flowers 10 - 15 cm in diameter. It is grown as a cottage garden plant and cut flower. The leaves are edible, with a flavour similar to cress. A very useful flowering plant as it attracts beneficial insects including lacewings, assassin bugs and predatory wasps; it can also be planted as part of an orchard understorey and on garden edges. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas. Sow early Spring and again in Autumn in temperate areas. Sow April - September in subtropical areas; avoid frost periods. The best germination soil temperature is between 15 - 25°C. Germination will take 7 - 21 days. Sow the seed 2 - 5 mm deep direct into a garden bed, it dislikes being transplanted. Space the plants 30 cm apart.