I have tried growing the fragrant nicotiana from seed several times and never had any sprout. The tree showed up on our land as we were building. It took me two years to figure out what it was. I called it my hill country eucalyptus weed.
It makes tons of seed. I have heard it can be invasive but so far mine have remained mostly behaved. Any I do not want are easy to pull out as seedlings. Some years they freeze back to the ground. So far this year it has not really gotten that cold for us.
Esperanza does have a scent if you stick your nose in the flower. It smells kind of like banana candy. It freezes to the ground every year but grows back to 6-8ft by the next fall. This bush blooms like crazy all summer until frost.
One of the reasons for a lot of my pottery is the fact that we are on the side of a cliff with no top soil. Any decent soil that is here now is from years of me hauling it in. The horses add their special touches to the gardens also.
Yep those big pots are heavy. My husband gets so mad at me when he sees I have been moving them around. I don't even want to imagine how many truck loads of pots and plants that will be whenever we do move.
I think your right about the 25 cents days being over. I have not come across that good of a deal since then.
