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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Nicotiana alata

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>I'm looking for advice and/or your experiences growing Nicotiana alata
(maybe>N.sylvestris too).  I've heard it seeds itself around.  I think it was
>I think it takes part shade.  I want to have these flowers just pop up in my
>gardens by themselves.  Is it possible?
***Hi all, and Cindy.....I have grown sylvestris from seed, and it is one of
the few annuals that remains in my garden....it is so exotic-looking, so
tall (about 4 feet), and blooms throughout the late summer and fall. I love
it...and I do get some reseeding...though not a lot, since these are planted
in a dry bed with 1/2 day of sun. If you're going to take seed from them,
you will probably have to do the cross yourself indoors...no bees to do it
for you. Take a stamen from one plant and rub the pollen onto the pistil of
another....I don't know if these are self-fertile...anyone else know? Jean
Bawden-Madison, Wi
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