FLOWERING TOBACCO

JASMINE TOBACCO

ORNAMENTAL TOBACCO

MIXED COLORS: WHITE & RED
 
[ Nicotiana Alata ]

 
Season: Perennial/Annual
Height: 36 - 48 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Sun
Zones: Zones 10 - 11 (As Perennial)
All Regions of North America (As Annual)

Flowering Tobacco [ Nicotiana Alata ] is native from southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina, this species of flowering tobacco (often called winged tobacco) is a somewhat spindly plant that typically grows 3-5 feet tall. Spatulate basal leaves to 12 inches long are attached by distinctive winged petioles (alata means winged). The plant produces fragrant, tubular flowers and when night falls, the blooms of flowering tobacco grow more fragrant.

Flowering Tobacco [ Nicotiana Alata ] grows in any garden soil and prefer full sun to partial shade. Although a perennial, it is usually grown as an annual. The plant is great as mass in borders or rock gardens, and as site fragrant variety near a patio or deck. Hummingbirds like its tubular-shaped flowers, which give them easy access to a meal of nectar. Young plants need warmth and sunshine. Regular fertilization is recommended.

The plant attracts hummingbirds, and butterflies.

The plant is a good cut flower.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: 6-8 weeks before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring - after last frost
Seed Depth: Surface sowing
Days to Emerge: 14 to 21

FLOWERING TOBACCO Nicotiana Alata Seeds