Description
Nicotiana alata | Flowering Tobacco ‘Copper & Lime’
Flowering Tobacco, also commonly called Jasmine Tobacco, or Winged Tobacco (alata = winged) has a native range of southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina. ‘Copper & Lime’ tobacco plants produce graceful stems of color-changing star-shaped flowers that have a contrasting range of lime-green, copper, blushed pink, and more that creates quite the cacophony of colors!
We use this plant in our gardens as much as we can because it quickly grows into masses of flowers come July and will keep blooming well into fall. In fact, of the many varieties of Nicotiana we grow on our property each year, N. alata types are almost always the last one to keep flowering in autumn. The squat plants stand up to rough weather without staking and are not fussy about soil. A half day of sun is plenty, which makes it easy to tuck them in near a door or window, so that you may enjoy the perfume indoors. Makes a great addition to cottage gardens, summer borders, and in containers.
Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or direct sow outdoors after last frost. Do not cover tiny seeds with soil. Needs light, humidity and heat to germinate.
You won’t find these seeds anywhere else online!
Attracts bees, moths and hummingbirds. Deer resistant.
Type: Annual
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Mature height: 12-16 inches
Mature width: 8 inches
Hardiness zones: 10-11
40 seeds
Please note: All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. All tobaccos should be considered poisonous to consume (smoking brings its own risks); some are extremely poisonous and have caused fatalities. Poisoning through intentional or accidental misuse of nicotine and products containing it is a relatively common occurrence. Related species may contain other toxic alkaloids, chemically similar to nicotine, so it is for this reason we suggest that you enjoy Jasmine Tobacco ‘Copper & Lime’ and other ornamental species of tobacco for their flowers only. Do NOT smoke these leaves.
