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Tobacco, Night Blooming Azteca (Nicotiana alata), potted plant, organic
$8.50
Family: Nightshade (Solanaceae)
Annual. 90 days to flowers
(Azteca Night Blooming Tobacco) Elongated leaves form a loose basal rosette that gives rise to multiple upright branches that are stiff and self-supporting, flowering to 3 feet. The white, heavenly scented flowers flare out in the evening and bloom all night long, sending trails of exotic essence out over the summer-warmed landscape. The flowers last through the morning and collapse by midday, only to come on again that evening. Space plants 3 feet apart.
Potted plant, certified organically grown
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Chris Deitch –
We had a plant overwinter in the San Francisco Bay Area, and by the equinox were getting gorgeous blooms on multiple stems.
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Erica Graham –
I’m looking for something that might climb. I’m thinking of setting up a heavy duty netting on the shadier side of my greenhouse and plant something that might choose to climb. Would this plant be a consideration?
Thanks so much
Erica
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Richo Cech –
hi erica, thanks for writing. the night-blooming tobacco doesn’t climb. maybe you could consider hops, or morning glories, even pole beans… richo
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Nora –
I grow this and a green variety every year as border annuals. I adore the fragrance. Can’t find anything online about whether blossoms can successfully be extracted in alcohol or infused into oil to enjoy some of that scent all year. Also not sure if nicotine would be present in just the flowers. Have you tried any of this?
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Richo Cech –
hi nora, this has been a sort of ongoing trend of questions, regarding the “smokability” of off-species of Nicotiana. What I really think is, if you want a smoking tobacco, grow one of the trusted types of Nicotiana tabacum such as Virginia Smoking Tobacco, and leave the decorative and non-tabacum types to the hawk moths and night breezes. Not sure about capturing the scent of the flowers–often these things are oil soluble because they’re essential oils. Probably they would have to be extracted in much the same way as rose. richo
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Vrushali Raut (verified owner) –
We had ordered Nicotiana alata and received it as well. The plant was doing well for 3-4 weeks andn now suddenly it does not look good. I have brought the plant indoors as night temperature is below 50F
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Admin Richo Cech –
Good idea. Sometimes these do bloom in captivity, although they do best as a spring-planted annual.
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Lorraine Kozlowski –
How far north will it grow? Ohio?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Lorraine, Oh, most definitely. Anywhere with a warm summer. Humid evenings are adored by this plant. Richo
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Lorraine Kozlowski –
So once the summer is over and weather getting cooler, just bring it inside near a sunny window?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Lorraine, Its a 90-day annual–not treated like a perennial. I start these in the spring garden and bid them goodbye after first frost. Looking for a perennial tobacco? Try Nicotiana glauca–tree tobacco. Otherwise, most of the tobaccos are self-seeding. Richo
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Jess –
Is this an annual? If not, what zones does it prefer?
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Admin Richo Cech –
I grow this as a self-seeding annual
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Kristene K –
Can it be used as smoking tobacco?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Hi Kristene, Not really, there are many cultivars of Nicotiana that are better, including the Virginia Smoking Tobacco, the Havana, and the Walker’s.
Richo
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