Showing posts with label Nicotiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicotiana. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Nicotiana hybrid 'Perfume Mix': foliage

[Photo: Nicotiana 'Perfume Mix' foliage.]Well, this is the only plant I got from my attempt to grow nicotiana from seed. (The seeds are dustlike and I found them very hard to work with.) Unless this plant is spectacular I don't think I'll bother again.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Nicotiana hybrid 'Perfume Mix': seeds

[Photo: Nicotiana Perfume Mix seeds.]Nicotiana, known in English as "tobacco" and in French as tabac, is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs native to to North and South America, Australia, south west Africa and the south Pacific. This hybrid (flowering tobacco, tabac d'ornement) is grown for its fragrant flowers in red, pink, purple, white, and chartreuse, rather than its nicotine-rich leaves.

This is my first year growing nicotiana. The seeds were so small and annoying to handle that unless it is really lovely I don't think I'll get them again.

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