Nicotiana
- Botanical Name
- Nicotiana alata
- Hardiness
- Zones 10 to 11, grown as annual elsewhere
- Height
- 8 to 60 inches
- Width
- 6 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- Summer to fall: white, lime green, yellow, red, pink, lavender; fragrant
- Light
- Part to full sun
- Soil
- Moist
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 8 to 12 inches apart
- Problems
- Tobacco mosaic virus, hornworm, potato & flea beetle
- Varieties
- Deep Purple - 2006 AAS winner
- Perfume Series - very fragrant, 16-20"
- Hummingbird Series - 12" Avalon Pink- bright pink flowers, 10"
- Nicotiana langsdorffii - 5', apple green flower
- Nicotiana sylvestris - 5', long tubular, small faced flowers, fragrant
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