Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Looking at the picture, this looks very much like a plant we call Queen of the Night, with a very rich heady perfume in the evening. If it is the same plant, friends of mine had to remove it from their garden as it played havoc with their daughter's asthma. - sure smells nice, though Jeanine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 >Heck, I'd venture a guess since I've grown it in Syracuse and Miami, >it will grow anywhere (and reseed itself wildly.) I'm interested to see >if it will make it through the Miami summer (I doubt it). Additionally, >the area it's in gets solarized over the summer (covered in plastic to kill >the weed seeds and nematodes) so the seeds may not survive. In NY, >they came back like blazes in the spring. Hi Anya, Thanks for this info. Now to find the seeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I thought I'd come out of lurkdom on this issue! I've been searching online for heirloom and organic flower, herb, and vegetable seeds. On another list, a link to www.seedsavers.org was given. There I found the following varieties of flowering tobacco: Nicotiana langsdorfii: This fascinating species comes from Brazil. Unique green-colored blooms look like upside-down goblets and have conspicuous blue pollen. Deserves a place in any border. Self- seeding, hardy annual, that grows 36-40 " tall. Nicotiana sylvestris Night-Scented Tobacco: Often referred to as Woodland Tobacco, this 5' tall plant has 3-4 " hanging trumpet-shaped white blossoms. Flowers open in the evening releasing an extremely sweet, intoxicating fragrance. Tender annual. Nicotiana alata: Lots of showy trumpet-shaped 3 " flowers. " Perfect Mix " of fuchsia, white, purple, salmon, lavender, rust and bronze flowers. Developed at Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production west of Moscow. Annual, 5-6' tall. And, I'm not sure if it was this list that was discussing Datura, but they list the following varieties as well: Datura wrightii: Huge white scented trumpets. A must for every garden! Truly a show-stopper when used as a border or mass transplanting. Very sturdy plants need room to spread so plan ahead when planting. Plants, seeds and foliage are all poisonous; please use caution! Annual in the North, perennial in the South, 40 " tall. Datura metel: Magnificent fully double flowers in purple, white and yellow. Superb for pots and great in gardens too. Plants, seeds and foliage are all poisonous; please use caution! Annual, 20 " tall. The Datura metal is available in separate colors. The website is a wonderful place to find unusual and " lost varieties " of plants. I hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 >I thought I'd come out of lurkdom on this issue! >I've been searching online for heirloom and organic flower, herb, >and vegetable seeds. On another list, a link to www.seedsavers.org was given. >There I found the following varieties of flowering tobacco: >Nicotiana langsdorfii: This fascinating species comes from Brazil. Unique green-colored blooms look like upside-down goblets and have conspicuous blue pollen. Deserves a place in any border. Self- seeding, hardy annual, that grows 36-40 " tall. >Nicotiana sylvestris Night-Scented Tobacco: Often referred to as Woodland Tobacco, this 5' tall plant has 3-4 " hanging trumpet-shaped white blossoms. Flowers open in the evening releasing an extremely sweet, intoxicating fragrance. Tender annual. >Nicotiana alata: Lots of showy trumpet-shaped 3 " flowers. " Perfect Mix " of fuchsia, white, purple, salmon, lavender, rust and bronze flowers. Developed at Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production west of Moscow. Annual, 5-6' tall. >And, I'm not sure if it was this list that was discussing Datura, but they list the following varieties as well: >Datura wrightii: Huge white scented trumpets. A must for every garden! Truly a show-stopper when used as a border or mass transplanting. Very sturdy plants need room to spread so plan ahead when planting. Plants, seeds and foliage are all poisonous; please use caution! Annual in the North, perennial in the South, 40 " tall. Datura metel: Magnificent fully double flowers in purple, white and yellow. Superb for pots and great in gardens too. Plants, seeds and foliage are all poisonous; please use caution! Annual, 20 " tall. >The Datura metal is available in separate colors. >The website is a wonderful place to find unusual and " lost varieties " of plants. >I hope this helps! > Hi , Thanks for coming out of lurkdom. This is great info. You need to come out more often. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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