Mignonette ‘White Mignonette’
Reseda alba
Description
Long, upright stems are covered in glowing snow-white flowers that have a strong vanilla fragrance. A great scented ingredient for bouquets and a favorite with pollinators. A rich history surrounds this relatively unknown flower. Legend has it that Napoleon sent mignonette seeds from Egypt to France for his darling Empress Josephine in the early 1800s.
Details
Height: 24 to 36 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 60 to 70 days
Plant spacing: 9 to 12 in
Pinch: not necessary
Seed Sowing & Growing Notes
Start seed indoors in trays 4 to 6 weeks before last frost; transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. Succession-plant every 2 weeks for continual harvest.
Harvesting/Vase Life
Details
Description
Long, upright stems are covered in glowing snow-white flowers that have a strong vanilla fragrance. A great scented ingredient for bouquets and a favorite with pollinators. A rich history surrounds this relatively unknown flower. Legend has it that Napoleon sent mignonette seeds from Egypt to France for his darling Empress Josephine in the early 1800s.
Details
Height: 24 to 36 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 60 to 70 days
Plant spacing: 9 to 12 in
Pinch: not necessary
Seed Sowing & Growing Notes
Start seed indoors in trays 4 to 6 weeks before last frost; transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. Succession-plant every 2 weeks for continual harvest.
Harvesting/Vase Life
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