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How to Grow and Care for Nicotiana


Annual

Gardeners who enjoy growing Nicotiana, enjoy great, fragrant perfume. It's a flower that is grown for it's fragrance. Plants are native to warm tropical and sub-tropical areas of North and South America. Nicotiana is a member of the tobacco family.

Nicotiana plants are easy to grow. Flowers begin to appear and bloom in the early summer. The plant will rebloom all season. Flowers open up in late afternoon, and are on fragrant display all evening. Five pointed florets are trumpet shaped, with red, white, rose, pink, yellow, and lavender colors. Different varieties grow one to three feet tall, and produce flowers on slender stems.

Did you Know? It should come to no surprise that Nicotiana is also called Tobacco Flower, or Flowering Tobacco. And.....yes, Nicotiana has high concentrations of nicotine.

Nicotiana looks good in mass plantings as bedding plants, or in clumps. You will want them to grow in groups, to enjoy their fragrance. They are best placed towards the middle of the flower garden. Try some on or near your patio or deck. Make sure to locate some under a window of your house. When the plants are in bloom, their fragrance can waft in through an open window. They can be grown in pots and containers, too.

Nicotiana attract hummingbirds to their trumpet shaped flowers.

Plant Height: 20" - 24"

Important Note: Plants are poisonous , if swallowed. Keep away from children or pets.

Plant Propagation:

Nicotiana are grown from seeds. Nicotiana seeds can be directly seeded into your flower garden, or seeded indoors for transplanting later. An early, indoor start, translates into an earlier bloom. Sow seeds early in the season and cover lightly with 1/8" or less of fine garden or seed starting soil.