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How to grow and care for nicotiana Nicotiana has a preference for full sun and high humidity, thriving in tropical climates from where it originates, notably in Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.
I have an experiment going this summer with one of my favorite plants, Nicotiana sylvestris. This particular Nicotiana, from a group of plants sometimes called flowering tobacco, is quite different… ...
Nicotiana 'sylvestris' in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Krzysztof Ziarnek, Wikimedia) Nicotiana is the botanical name for the annual flowering tobacco plant.
The one that has perfumed white flowers is Nicotiana sylvestris, and it blooms in both sun and shade. Gomphrena is another easy-care annual.
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris; N. alata): Quite striking in the night garden, these self-seeding annuals have tubular, sweetly scented white flowers that become intensely fragrant at night.
Some, such as old-fashioned flowering tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris), lilacs, and mock oranges, spew wonderful scents all over the yard with no prompting.
Nicotiana sylvestris, a shade-tolerant cultivar, reaching 3 to 4 feet in height, has a strong fragrance with attractive white candelabra blooms. ¶ ...
Nicotiana sylvestris Woodland tobacco is a giant in the world of flowering tobaccos. With huge, tropical-looking leaves, and robust, statuesque flower stalks, it is an arresting sight day and night.
The crown prince is Nicotiana sylvestris. This statuesque annual can reach 4 feet, sporting white, tubular flowers that glow in the moonlight and give off a wonderful essence that fills the entire ...
Common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is a widely cultivated and economically important non-food crop. Here, the authors report the draft genome sequences for three of the most common tobacco ...
Nicotiana sylvestris is one of my favorite heirloom flowers, and each year draws a hummingbird or two, as well as hummingbird moths.
Perhaps the most stately flowering tobacco is the old-fashioned Nicotiana sylvestris, a South American species that grows 4 to 5 feet tall in full or part-day sun.