General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 4-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: Minimum of 73 degrees F
Depth to plant seed: Surface sown (not covered)
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bumblebees
Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Flowering Tobacco
  • Tobacco

Photo Gallery
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2006-05-12
Location: western Oregon
Date: spring 2014
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2007-07-28

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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lovesblooms On February 24, 2018 Seeds sown
winter sown
lovesblooms On July 6, 2015 Bloomed
lovesblooms On April 26, 2015 Seeds sown
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