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<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>
<i>Nicotiana sylvestris</i>

Nicotiana sylvestris

tobacco plant

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Eye-catching heads of sweetly scented, pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers on towering stems from July to September above rosettes of dark...

approx 450 seeds
£2.79
available to order from late spring
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An impressive spike, over a metre high, produces a cluster of lime-green buds and then long-tubed clean-white flowers spill downwards like shooting stars - an evening flare adored by moths Val Bourne - Garden Writer

Plant description

Eye-catching heads of sweetly scented, pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers on towering stems from July to September above rosettes of dark green leaves. At dusk the flowers of this wonderful, white tobacco plant start to give off their fabulous fragrance. For maximum enjoyment plant in bold drifts in a sunny, sheltered border close to a patio, entrance or seating area.

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun / light shade

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Frost tender

How to care for Nicotiana sylvestris:

Keep the soil or compost moist by watering regularly during dry spells and feed with a balanced fertiliser every fourteen days. Although usually grown as an annual, plants that are protected with a dry mulch may survive mild winters where temperatures only occasionally fall below -5°C (23°F)

Sowing instructions:

Under glass in spring, sow the seed thinly onto the surface of a good compostand keep at around 18°C. Keep moist (but not wet) by watering with a spray bottle, and thin out when they are large enough to handle, potting them up into individual pots. Grow on and gradually harden off before planting out after all risk of frost has passed.

Warning

Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten; avoid skin contact

GOES WELL WITH

Posh bedding

There is still plenty of time to raise hardier annuals from seeds sown now and these include cosmos, zinnias and marigolds. However it's often easier to opt for ready-grown plugs of these, as well as the more-tender begonias petunias, antirrhinums and ni

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