Nicotiana sanderae 'Perfume Lime' is a more recent member of a family of plants which has been popular for generations. With divine scent that puts on its best performance as the sun goes does - this makes a fabulous, zesty coloured addition to your summer garden, especially around entertainment areas. Serene, elegant and graceful, Nicotiana offer airy, upward-facing, trumpet-shaped blooms in an unusual and exciting zesty lime colour. Excellent as cut flowers for your home these beautiful blooms will last well in a vase so you can enjoy the perfume indoors too. Nicotiana is a distant cousin of the indigenous American 'tobacco plant' and is often referred to by this name. The name originates from Jean Nicot, a French diplomat in the 1500's, who was convinced of the medicinal properties within the tobacco leaves and presented it to the French royalty as a remedy for headaches. Nicotiana are loved by bees and prefer to be grown in well-drained soil in sun or part shade. They will bloom through the summer and well into autumn too - reaching a height of approximately 50cm and spread 30cm. Nicotiana are tender annuals from which seed can be collected if you wish to propagate the following year.
When To Plant
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Planting Month
Foliage Month
Flowering Month