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Re: Nicotiana glauca

On Sat, 13 Dec 1997 19:12:39 +0100, you wrote:

>This must be one of the giants of the tobacco family, I raised a few
>plants from seed about 3 years ago and it has now naturalized itself
>throughout our garden, but not enough to become a nuisance.
>    The plants grow rapidly, one self sown seedling reached over 3
>metres in 5 months but  2 metres is more common. The hollow stems
>eventually become woody at the base and the shrub is very draught and
>wind resistant.
>    The flowers occur in small bunches at the ends of branches and are
>tubular in shape and  a watery primrose yellow in colour. Plants over
>winter quite well here in southern France with the odd loss in a severe
>frost(below -7 degrees C = 19 degrees F).
>    The evergreen leaves are a funny greeny-blue in colour, hence the
>specific epithet I suppose! The overall effect is more interesting than
>pretty but I like them.
>    Does anyone else grow these plants and are there any varieties with
>bigger flowers or different colours?
>Gordon Walker (hellcat@easynet.fr)

Here in the Algarve in Portugal N. glauca has naturalised itself and can
often be seen growing on dry river banks.  I have it growing in my garden
but it only does moderately well, perhaps I give it too much water.  It
grows rather spindly to 2 meters with branches snapping off in high winds
and a tendency for branches to die back from the tips.  With its
greeny-blue evergreen leaves it makes an interesting plant for the back of
the border.

I would also like to know if there are any varieties available.
----  Graham Payne  ----  dpsgkp@mail.telepac.pt  ----
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