Re: nicotiana
- Subject: Re: nicotiana
- From: D* G*
- Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 13:08:09 -0400
At 09:49 AM 9/9/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Claire said:
>
>>>It is Nicotiana alata that is fragrant. Also this is notorious reseeder
>>>and
>>you will have it all your life if once started in the garden.
>
>Aha! So that's what I did wrong! I swear the seed description said
>sylvestris was fragrant, and I was soooo disappointed.
N. sylvestris is extremely fragrant. In our gardens perhaps the most
fragrant of the Nictotiana although some older white forms of N. alata
might compete. Newer hybrids do not have fragrance at all - or at least the
ones I've grown never have.
Doug
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