species
Nicotiana sylvestris
Flowering tobacco · Woodland tobacco
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Nicotiana sylvestris is a annual in the family Solanaceae, also known as Flowering tobacco or Woodland tobacco, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers from July to September. Its RHS hardiness rating is H3 (half hardy): −5 to 1°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H3 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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