Paniculata Tobacco is a striking ornamental flower that reaches a full 6 feet tall, producing delicate blooms from summer through fall in hardiness zones 10 and 11. This variety takes 70 to 84 days from seed to its first flowers, rewarding patient gardeners with airy panicles that attract pollinators throughout the growing season. Unlike its nicotine-bearing relatives, this ornamental tobacco is prized purely for its elegant flowers and architectural presence in the garden, thriving in full sun with moderate water.
Full Sun
Moderate
10-11
72in H x 30in W
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High
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Standing a commanding 6 feet tall with a 30-inch spread, Paniculata Tobacco creates real vertical drama in warm climates. Deer leave it untouched while butterflies and other pollinators flock to its summer-through-fall blooms. The flower structure itself is delicate and airy, quite different from the squat, dense flower clusters of many other ornamental tobaccos, lending an almost ethereal quality to the garden.
Paniculata Tobacco is grown as an ornamental flower plant, valued for its tall, elegant stature and long blooming season in warm climates. It serves as a striking backdrop in beds and borders, and its height and airy panicles make it useful for creating vertical interest and screening in the garden.
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Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date. Maintain temperatures between 60 and 75°F, sprinkle seeds on the soil surface (they need light to germinate), and cover with vermiculite or a humidity dome to keep the soil moist. Expect sprouts to emerge in 10 to 21 days.
Transplant seedlings outdoors after the danger of frost has passed, once soil has warmed. Harden off seedlings gradually over a week before moving them to their final location.
Direct sow seeds outdoors after your last frost date by sprinkling them on the soil surface in full sun.
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