Comments on: Plant of the year 2009 – Nicotiana

By: Five Easy Flowers for Container Gardeners

Five Easy Flowers for Container Gardeners — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:21:26 +0000

[...] or smaller, colorful types that are the perfect size for even a tiny balcony. As Louise noted, Nicotiana was named plant of the year by the National Garden [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:08:19 +0000

Last summer I managed to get some Nicotiana plants at a sale almost at the end of summer and potted them up and they bloomed almost till the frost. Wonderful aroma and colors! You’ve reminded me to find some more. Thank you! Or better yet,maybe I’ll remember to get seeds next spring and plants lots of them everywhere.

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:46:14 +0000

How funny. I have the same seeds. I started them earlier this year and then forgot about them. Of course this lead to their early demise. I should sow another batch. Maybe California’s mild weather will reward me with winter Nicotiana blooms.

Sunita–Yep, same plant. Although the varieties grown as ornamentals have often been developed for their flowers rather than their leaves. Although you could dry and smoke the leaves too if you fancied lung cancer.

By: rowena

rowena — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:31:02 +0000

What I’m homing in on is the color, and the fact that they’ve got a sweet scent. Highly probable bee attractors here?

By: Sunita

Sunita — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:13:04 +0000

I grow Nicotiana … or rather, I sowed the seeds a few years ago and they grew and have travelled all over my garden by themselves
Do you know why they’re called the Tobacco plant? Thats not the addicting tobacco leaf used in cigarettes is it?
The flowers can be very addicting. I love the way they bloom in the evening when most other flowers are shutting down.