Nicotiana Species, Woodland Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco, South American Tobacco

I have been growing this plant from seed for over 13 years. I start it from seed every year and it does beautifully in my flowerbeds on ...Read Morethe Minnesota/Canadian border. It loves heat, sun and fertility, and has grown to 6' tall in some locations, it will still take a little shade too though. I love it for it's white flowers that glow in the evening, with the darkening woods in the background. Our "hummingbird moths" love to sip from it as well in the evening. It has unusual large and bright green leaves that make it look tropical for Minnesota. Easy and has a strong scent.
I deadhead them to keep them attractive and the flowers keep coming until frost.

This is NOT smoking tobacco. If you smoke this you will likely die.
There are many tobaccos that can be smoked without killing yo...Read Moreu.

The primary tobacco used for smoking is Nicotiana tabacum.

Sylvestris and a few others (i.e. alata ) are grown for their scent.

Rustica is another that smells great and can be smoked if you have the guts as it will knock you on your fanny and mess up yer head :-) Used by Shamans in rituals.

I rate this one Positive because of the great smell.

I successfully started this plant from seed, transplanting it to a large barrel where it is growing 5 ft with many blooms. I did not expe...Read Morect to be able to grow this well in Southern Alberta.

Does anyone know if I should dead head this plant when the blooms are finished? Thanks.

Love it! I live in southern Quebec and house faces South, so front has full sun exposure. We just had 4 weeks without rain and my lawn is...Read More pale yellow and crackling, but my Nicotiana is doing superbly! I have not been watering regularly and it is almost 4' tall, flowering nicely and leave are bright green. Just pruned back some stems to help keep everything straight. Planted them in front of basement windows at 16" apart. Provides some shade from leaves but does not darken too much since top is airy. I open the basement windows during the night and the perfume just drifts in! Wonderful!

I grew this tobacco last year. When cold weather hit, it formed a basal rosette that persited through the mild winter and is now growing...Read More. I haven't read anything about this plant being a perrennial but I am happy it survived.
UPDATE: Last winter was much colder than the one before. My Tobacco plant did not form a rosette as id did the year before and I assume it would not return. However, I left a bit of the stem to mark its location. Now thee shoots are emerging around the stem. Is this a perennial?

i have grown this in my minneapolis-zone 4-garden for the last 10 summers.two years ago, I took my garden down in the fall, but neglected...Read More to remove two stumps of n.sylvestris.Well, to my utter amazement, both of the stumps started sprouting the next spring! And they were the hugest sylvestris I've ever grown:7 ft! OK, some of u may be skeptics, but I left those same two stumps ther again last fall, and yes, they are sprouting again from the base of last summer's stumps! These are not new seedlings from seeds dropped by the flowers, but vigorous new leafs sprouting from the dead-appearing stumps. I am sure they will be giants again..I will take photos & post them.

I planted this large plant in a big pot on my almost full sun deck. I then slightly moved it to have a bit of dappled shade and it did w...Read Moreell. At first I was unhappy as the flowers got covered with bugs all over but then something came and ate all the small bugs over night and left the flowers unharmed and the plant just got beautiful with big leaves and tall stalks of night time sweet smelling flowers, all visitors to my deck were taken back by this unusual plant to put into a pot, I loved it !!! I plant it every year now without fail and get requests from friends to come and see again and again. Easy to collect the seeds. I grow this from seed that I start inside around mid march.

My first year with this. A tough plant that was easy to grow from seed indoors. They are blooming now at different sizes, in various si...Read Moretes around my yard, but the one with the best location has leaves up to 23 inches!! The leaves smell funky, but at night the flowers did have a sweet smell, a bit different from the moonflower scent.

I can't say enough good things about this plant. One of those annuals that have the dramatic presence to hold their own in a mixed perenn...Read Moreial border. Indispensable. Takes a while to get going when first planted, but then it takes off practically overnight. Requires plenty of moisture and good rich soil.

The first time I grew this plant from seed. I did not realize how big it would get. The leaves are 11 to 12 inches long, so don't plant a...Read Morenything small to close.
Even though it is an annual in my zone, I still get some plants growing in spring on the south side foundation of the house where it is protected in winter.

The flowers are very fragrant. Great for a Moon Garden.

Plant wintersowed nicely. It seems to be very happy in a spot that gets morning and afternoon sun and midday shade.

I wish to add some little bits about this nifty (and stinky-leafed) plant.

What I would call a "Winter Annual," that is,...Read More surviving zones 7 or 6 winters if it did not bloom the first season. I'm starting the seeds in situ in fall in warmer areas of my garden. (Heavy leaf mulch is always good.) They will return in spring to bloom early throughout the summer and even some after the first frost!

The leaves are sticky and often attract insects like fly paper, killing gnats by the hundred, someimtes coatin ghe leaves with dead insects until a rain. I do not know what kind of gnats (beneficial/pest) but it is quite pleasing to see!

Also extremely tolerant of full hot sun and dry air. -A good desert plant; many "full sun" things will fry at high altitude.

I have read somewhere about smoking this species. I'm not personally interested in the practice, but:
Nicotiana tabacum is the traditional smokable species.
Not processing one's leaves properly can leave (Fatally?) high levels of toxins in the leaves. Studies show that (proper, informed) propagation of one's own tobacco is much healthier than commercial additive-ridden tobaccos. (and hyper-tax free) But it is still not exactly good for your health.

A tiny start given to me by my favorite gardener, I really had no idea about this plant - will be a staple in my garden - and in pots on ...Read Moremy deck as the jasmine fragrance in the evening is exotic!! It's very easy to just tip with your finger the dried seed pod into a paper envelope to collect seed. Very neat....as seeds are very tiny. I'm Zone 3-4 in this part of central Montana.

grew great in Maine i want to see if it winters well

is this the smoking tobacco?does anyone know.....

It actually grows and looks good in my SW bed! (Most plants fail to thrive in that exposure.) AND being right against the brick wall, it ...Read Morehas enough protection for the roots to make it through the winter here in zone 6! So the plants are going to need dividing soon! Those drooping flowers are so interesting looking and the foliage a refreshing lime green.

An old fashioned favorite grown for its fragrance and unique panicles of drooping white flowers. Plants grow up to 6 feet tall and prefer full sun.