Piccolo was born in 2012 with the intention of offering select seeds for urban gardens, offering vegetables and plants specially designed for growing in pots: compact, dwarf varieties, suitable for creating a mini garden on terraces.

Their selected seeds are packed with sustainable and completely recyclable materials.

Nigella, also known as black cumin, is an annual flowering plant native to Asia and the Middle East. Its wispy and graceful blue flowers look stunning in any garden or balcony arrangement and if you can resist picking the delicate blossoms, the seed pods that develop from the blossoms are just as glorious. In fact, the seeds are the edible part of the plant and are widely used in Indian, Middle Eastern and Slavic cuisines for their strong aroma and spicy flavor. If you've ever enjoyed Turkish bread and wondered what the tasty black seed on top was, it's Nigella. It is hard to believe that such a delicate flower contains something so tasty, indispensable in Indian and Asian cuisine.

100 seeds

Plants can grow up to 30 cm tall and about 20 cm wide.

Medicinal properties: Among many of its health benefits, there is also a belief that eating the seed will make a woman's breasts grow.
How to Eat: Black cumin seeds, also known as kalonji in Hindi, have an oregano-like quality with herbaceous notes, a slight bitterness, and a warm roasted onion flavor. Each country has a peculiar traditional recipe: naan bread in India, string cheese in the Middle East, preserved lemons in Morocco, to name just a few.