Nicotiana x 'Sensation'
Tobacco Plants
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Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Description
This is a more recent cultivar of the classic garden Nicotiana, the forerunner to the petunia wide color range, summer heat-loving, and aromatic, especially in the evening. It's the perfect thing to plant among old-fashioned roses or in the cottage garden. Each plant has slightly different flower colors, from creamy white and pale pink through deep scarlet. A few plants will even flower in chartreuse. Attracts hummingbird moths at dusk. Annual.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Blooming
Flowers will only open at night, at which time some are very fragrant. If grown in partial shade, some species will open their blooms during the day. Flowers come in a variety of colors such as red, pink, white, green, and yellow.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Growth
Annuals, biennials, perennials and shrubs. Nicotiana grows best in full sun or partial shade.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Planting
Sow outdoors after last frost or indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, germination 2-3 weeks at 70-75F. Press into soil.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Pest
Aphids, caterpillars, spider mites, and leaf miners. Nicotiana is very vulnerable to viruses that cause vein banding, etch, ringspots, and mosaic. Other issues include damping off, stalk rot, downy mildew, and stem rot, all of which occur quite frequently.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Interesting facts
Foliage can aggravate the skin upon contact.
Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana x 'Sensation') - Soil and irrigation
Evenly moist, well-drained soil. Water during dry weather.
