Common Name: Flowering Tobacco
Latin Name: Nicotiana alata
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Flowering Tobacco
Nicotiana alata
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Nicotiana alata
Family: SOLANACEAE
Genus: Nicotiana
species: alata
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Size Description:
Notes:
Height x width: 1 to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Growth habit: Upright
Foliage: Alternate, oval, 4 to 8 inches long leaves are pubescent, rosette-forming. Sticky and strongly scented.
Flowers: Short racemes with a few flowers each. Flowers are tubular with a long, slender throat, 2 to 4 inches long, in various shades of red, pink, lime, yellow or white. Older varieties have sweet fragrance but some of the newer ones are unscented
Culture: Full sun or partial shade and well-drained, moist soil. Reseeds.
Uses: Border, bedding plant, cut flowers. Flowering tobacco is a cousin to N. tabacum, smoking tobacco, and the juice of the leaves is poisonous.
Propagation: Seed
Cultivars:
‘Perfume Deep Purple’ – Above, an AAS winner, 18 inches tall with purple flowers, shown above
‘Avalon Bright Pink’ – Also an AAS winner, 12 inches tall with abundant pink blooms, shown at right
Notes courtesy of Sue Trusty.
Characteristics:
Availability: | High Availability | ||
Full Sun Tolerance: | Performs Well | See other plants that like full sun. | |
Part Shade Tolerance: | Performs Well | See other plants that like part shade. |
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Plant Images and Specimens
Location: Civic Garden Center 2715 Reading Rd Cincinnati OH 45206
Specimen: 40
Specimen: 40
Nicotiana alata, Flowering Tobacco plant
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: 2008
Flowers of Nicotiana alata, Flowering Tobacco plant
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: 2008
Nicotiana alata, Flowering Tobacco plant
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: 2008
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