Alisande, those are fantastic!! I have heard of nicotiana, but have never had any. They are so pretty and I didn't know they had a scent. Very cool.

One of my favorites! Here, when it cools down in autumn, and rains a lot, they will grow exponentially. I've seen leaves wider than my really big hands on them at that time of year. Also loving that kind of weather? Dahlias. So I put them close to each other and enjoy the last hurrah in October when everything else is going brown.

Sylvestris might be what I used to grow. The flowers were in big, somewhat droopy clusters, and they were white. I'm pretty sure I also grew one of the alatas, but not Sensation. Similar colors though. Now I'm excited to try sylvestris in a pot next year.

This is so interesting. I have never seen these. I have seen tobacco fields, but nothing like this. What planting zone are you in?

Ladypat1, I'm not sure anymore. I'm in the northeast. I used to say Zone 3, but it's probably more like 4 now.

Ladypat1, planting zones are irrelevant as most species of flowering tobacco are treated as annuals in all but the mildest of planting zones (9 and above). Plant seeds or starts after last frost and you will have lovely scented and colorful flowers till a hard frost in fall. They reseed freely, so if you let spent flowers go to seed, new plants will pop up in spring.

Thank you for reminding me of my Dad who used to grow them frequently.

How do the deer feel about Nicotiana? I have so many late night grazers that treat my gardens as if they were a salad bar just for them.

I absolutely love Nicotiana and have had them in pots all summer long for years. But for some odd reason, none of the nurseries I visited this spring had them, and for the first time in decades, I have none. They were always one of my very favorite flowers.

Very pretty!

How large a pot? I have a south-facing balcony that gets hardly any direct sun at this time of year, but gets lots of it during the cooler months - and our cooler months are like warmer ones up north.

Pudgeder, when I grew them in the ground I don't recall that the deer were a problem. However, I had several dogs at the time, and I think the deer made themselves scarce in general. The potted nicotiana are safe on my porch. I have to spray my hostas and smaller paniculata hydrangeas with Liquid Fence regularly.

Carolb, the pot is 16" in diameter and about a foot tall.

TY Alisande!

Very pretty, love that shade with the deeper veins. I'd forgotten all about those flowers and I used to grow them at my previous home. We planted them just outside the porch and it was so lovely to catch their fragrance at night. I have no idea what ones we had but they were white and smaller.

Thanks for reminding me about them. It's probably too late to find them at my local nursery but I'll have to remember them for next spring or order seeds. At this house we have a small blue stone patio with a low dry stacked stone wall and that's where we have our flower pots. They'd be perfect there.

Very pretty! I'd forgotton all about those. I remember the tubers get HUGE. I don't remember them being scented....I'll have to try growing a few from seed.

Nicotiana does not produce tubers. And most species are scented as well. Perhaps you are thinking of a different plant.....?

Maybe the tuber confusion refers to Mirabilis jalapa, which also also tubular night scented flowers.

I was thinking of 4-O'Clocks.

Yep. Mirabilis jalapa. Thought so.

Careful.! all plants in the Nicotiana (tobacco) genus are highly toxic to dogs because they contain dangerous alkaloids, primarily nicotine, which can cause severe neurological, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal issues or even death. [1, 2]

If your dog has just eaten this plant, please contact your veterinarian, go to an emergency clinic, or call a specialized hotline like the Pet Poison Helpline

Martin, this is probably something I should have known back when I grew nicotiana in quantity and had dogs, cats, and horses. Luckily, none of them were tempted to eat it. My present dog, leashed when he's outside, is similarly unimpressed by the nicotiana, although he would dearly love to pee on my hosta and young rugosa rose.

Thanks for the information!