Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Ornamental flowers and grasses 

Love-in-a-mist

Nigella damascena Miss Jeckyll alba


Appearance

Slender, upright annual carry bright-green feathery foliage and single or double white, pink, blue or violet flowers. Each flower is surrounded by a ‘ruff’ of finely dissected wispy leaves which are followed by inflated seed heads.

Habitat

In the border by the back gate in 2018.


Months in flower

2020
2021
2022
2023