67 cultivars of flowering tobacco exist. Dave Morgan Posts: 3,123. Press a little hole in the soil about the same size as the rootball, lay it in and fill in around the edges nicely. Foliage of the nicotiana plant can be large, making the plant bushy. I was disappointed in ‘Saratoga Lime’. Works well with grasses, Cannas, etc. An attractive and somewhat pendulous perennial, it’s often seen growing in sheltered spots, adorning garden borders and flower pots throughout the summer months. The 67 species of Nicotiana hail from Australia, North America, and tropical South America. The cultivar Alata has leaves which may grow to 10 inches, with up to 4 inch blooms. 0. It can be counted on to self seed and fill in the gaps. 0. The Starmaker series, growing 1012 inches tall, is led by 'Lime/Purple Bi-color'. All mine are species and seed true. To 5 feet tall, 2 feet wide, with leaves that can reach 12 feet long. Most species’ blooms stay closed in daytime hours, only opening fully in the evening. I have worked with annual Nicotiana ‘Purfume Purple’ and ‘Saratoga Lime’. Bilje Posts: 475. Purfume Purple was a reliable and colorful performer all season long. If growing nicotiana rustica, a closer spacing may be used. Cultivars of Nicotiana Plant. Back fill with soil and firm the surface around the base of the plant so it stands up on its own. Nicotiana sylvestris. For a summer spectacle that looks and smells good, surround a limegreen nicotiana with fiery-leaved solenostemon and chartreuse heuchera in a 14in brown glazed pot … First, if I plant Nicotiana sylvestris again, I'll be sure to grow some in pots. Extremely fragrant. I've never had self sowing but I do get over-wintering by N. sylvestris. Intensely fragrant, 312 inches-long, tubular white flowers are borne in tiers atop a statuesque plant. Quite heat tolerant; good in containers. The Nicotiana genus contains over 60 species of heavily flowering, half-hardy plants and shrubs. Nicotiana sylvestris is a staple in my garden designs. Select Seeds offered plants of Nicotiana alata green this year. One is a little shorter with a green flower fading whitish in the middle. Sylvestris is perennial and hardier. The other is a little taller and has a solid green flower. The Nicotiana genus is composed of 67 different herbaceous perennial plants and shrubs in the Solanaceae plant family. Pot growing basics. Nicotiana is a tropical genus that has Tobacco as its most infamous member, but all of the 70-odd species are fragrant in flower or leaf, or both. I bought two to plant in a huge pot with some smaller annuals. This one I can hardly smell. I sow in pots in the cold GH. Use a hose-end sprayer set to a fine mist to water nicotiana seeds. Sylvestris may reach a height of 3 to 5 feet with fragrant white flowers. All have tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers that usually open in the evening and at night, sometimes releasing a potent fragrance. ... Dave's right about the nicotiana sold as bedding plants. Carefully remove the transplant from its nursery pot and slip the roots into the hole. Tobacco plants average about 2 feet in width, so a spacing of around 3 feet between plants and 5 feet between rows is the minimum you want to allow. They can be used as specimen or bedding plants, in borders, woodland gardens or containers. Looking down at young nicotiana alata plants growing in pot in backyard garden, also known at night blooming jasmine tobacco. flowering tobacco nicotiana sylvestris. This is one of the most fragrant of the varieties. Among the 67 Nicotiana species are several species that are grown in the garden as ornamentals, including N. sylvestris, N. alata, ‘Lime Green,’ and N. langsdorffii, all of which share the common name flowering tobacco. 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