It is called nicotiana, a close kin of the commercially grown tobacco, and is popularly known as flowering ornamental tobacco. An old-fashioned garden plant, ...

The 9-foot-tall lettering of the iconic former Model Tobacco tobacco plant in South Richmond was illuminated Thursday evening for the first time since the 1980s.

Under normal conditions, the tobacco plant has a rather uninspiring lifespan. They grow for three or four months, according to Investor's Business Daily, reaching 6.5 feet (2 meters) in height at ...

Giant tobacco plants that stay young forever Date: January 10, 2013 Source: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Summary: Tobacco plants bloom when they are just a few months old -- and then they die.

Scientists genetically modify a tobacco plant to produce COCAINE in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant; Scientists have discovered the chemical ...

Some tobacco plants, like cultivated tobacco, can be poisonous just by handling the leaves. It’s important to confirm what plant you’re looking at and to not touch or eat a plant unless you ...

A plant makes plenty of noise when it’s under stress, new research shows. Humans just haven’t been able to hear it until now.