Nicotiana Saratoga Mix Four-Pack Planted - June 2026

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I planted a four-pack of Nicotiana (Saratoga Mix) annuals over on the southside of the house in the cut flower garden bed.  Actually...these are in the 'newly expanded' bed that I completed earlier this Spring (March) with my typical 'lazy method' of smothering the turf and amending the top with a mix of Composted Manure and Municipal Biosolids. 

I've grown Nicotiana over the years - including the Jasmine variety - in this same sideyard bed.  In 2024, I direct sow'd them.  In 2019, Nat's Mom gave us a couple of plants.  

This year, I bought a small four-pack of Saratoga Mix - which appears to be a combination of flower colors:

Planting up Nicotiana Saratoga Mix Plugs as bedding plants in the front of a sunny border

I picked a front-of-the-border spot and staggered the four small plants about a foot-apart.  

Planting up Nicotiana Saratoga Mix Plugs as bedding plants in the front of a sunny border

They're now mixed in amongst the Disneyland Roses and all of the various dahlias that I planted over there.  These are filling in a spot close to the front of the border:

Planting up Nicotiana Saratoga Mix Plugs as bedding plants in the front of a sunny border

This post is going up in mid-June, but these were planted in mid-May.  

#10 on my 2026 to-do list was to 'keep going with annuals' - so these help check that box.  

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