SEED AVAILABLE:
- Sow 8 weeks before last frost
- Easy warm germinator
- 7-21 days to germinate
- 85 seeds
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 10-11 Grow here as an Annual
Height & Spread: 150cm [3.5ft] x 50cm [20in]
Growth: Rapid, from a large basal clump sending up tall stems that stretch to bloom dramatically
Flower: Abundant white tubular trumpets explode in a spray of night-blooming (into the morning) and FRAGRANT flowers, attracting pollinators (moths at night, hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies during the day)
Foliage: Medium green and "sticky" with glandular hairs that trap small insects, etc.
Environment: Full sun to part shade, rich to average/poor soil with excellant drainage
Garden locations: Where you can enjoy the fragrance and white flowers at night; in the back of a perennial bed or, as with the Victorians, planted along a garden path
Nicotiana sylvestris (Only the lonely; Flowering tobacco)
Also, a toxic member of the Solanaceae family
















