Love-in-a-mist · Delhi, Delhi, India
When to plant love-in-a-mist in Delhi
Main outdoor window
16 Dec - 7 Jan
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
7 January
In Delhi, on your chosen risk.
First flowers
25 Feb - 17 Mar
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Delhi
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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.
Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.
Sow direct
16 Dec - 7 Jan
Three weeks before your last frost.
In flower
25 Feb - 17 Mar
Love-in-a-mist through the year
Against the frost risk in Delhi
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in Delhi
July has the highest average precipitation (217 mm); November has the lowest (4 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.
Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.
Monthly growing conditions in Delhi
Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C (44.2°F)44.2°F (6.8°C) | 22.3°C (72.1°F)72.1°F (22.3°C) | 0.1 |
| February | 9.8°C (49.7°F)49.7°F (9.8°C) | 26.5°C (79.7°F)79.7°F (26.5°C) | 0.0 |
| March | 15.4°C (59.6°F)59.6°F (15.4°C) | 32.9°C (91.2°F)91.2°F (32.9°C) | 0.0 |
| April | 21.8°C (71.3°F)71.3°F (21.8°C) | 39.3°C (102.7°F)102.7°F (39.3°C) | 0.0 |
| May | 27°C (80.6°F)80.6°F (27°C) | 42.6°C (108.6°F)108.6°F (42.6°C) | 0.0 |
| June | 29.5°C (85°F)85°F (29.5°C) | 41.9°C (107.4°F)107.4°F (41.9°C) | 0.0 |
| July | 28°C (82.4°F)82.4°F (28°C) | 37°C (98.6°F)98.6°F (37°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 26.1°C (78.9°F)78.9°F (26.1°C) | 34°C (93.2°F)93.2°F (34°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 23.7°C (74.6°F)74.6°F (23.7°C) | 33.7°C (92.7°F)92.7°F (33.7°C) | 0.0 |
| October | 18.8°C (65.9°F)65.9°F (18.8°C) | 32.6°C (90.6°F)90.6°F (32.6°C) | 0.0 |
| November | 13.5°C (56.3°F)56.3°F (13.5°C) | 28.5°C (83.3°F)83.3°F (28.5°C) | 0.0 |
| December | 8.7°C (47.6°F)47.6°F (8.7°C) | 23.9°C (75.1°F)75.1°F (23.9°C) | 0.0 |
For love-in-a-mist, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.
Local growing check
Before choosing love-in-a-mist for Delhi
- July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 217 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.
Before you plant love-in-a-mist
Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 7°C (44.6°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
- Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
- Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.
Choose between more flowers and decorative nigella seed pods
Sow where plants will grow when local conditions suit a cool-season annual. Avoid unnecessary root disturbance and thin seedlings before they become crowded. A sunny, drained bed with moisture during establishment supports more useful growth than a packed sowing.
Remove some fading flowers if continued flowering is the aim, or retain selected capsules for dried arrangements and seed. Mature pods can scatter seed through the bed. Record which sowing flowers before sustained heat rather than treating every frost-free month as equally suitable.
What to record this season
Was the crop most useful for flowers or pods, and when did heat shorten the display? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: NC State Extension: Nigella damascena . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.
The reference describes plant identity and cultivation. Its regional calendar months and hardiness observations do not validate the calculated dates for another location.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Sow where plants will grow when local conditions suit a cool-season annual. Avoid unnecessary root disturbance and thin seedlings before they become crowded. A sunny, drained bed with moisture during establishment supports more useful growth than a packed sowing.
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Love-in-a-mist are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Delhi.
Delhi is zone 10b, within the crop's general range. This is an initial cold-hardiness check; cultivar, exposure, drainage and unusual winters can still change the outcome.
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Can I grow love-in-a-mist in Delhi?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 217 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
When should I plant love-in-a-mist in Delhi?
Aim for 16 Dec - 7 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 17 Dec - 7 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When might love-in-a-mist flower in Delhi?
The estimated period is 25 Feb - 17 Mar, based on 70 to 90 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.
How much frost will love-in-a-mist tolerate?
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.