Nicotiana Jasmine - Tall and Blooming - Late September 2024
I planted a full packet of Nicotiana Jasmine seeds - direct sown - in a new bed on the southside of my house this Summer. The seeds came from Nat's Mom; who grows Nicotiana in a couple of varieties each year. The seeds are tiny specs and they don't need to be buried very deep. So...I sprinkled them, put a little bit of soil on top and walked away. What happened next was, well, surprising. After planting the seeds, I quickly saw a huge number of seedlings pop up. "Great!", I thought.
Weeks went on and the seedlings kept getting taller. But...something was off. The foliage was NOT matching the other Nicotiana that I had in the garden.
After looking at it for a couple of days, I realized I didn't have Nicotiana Jasmine. I had a HUGE MESS OF POKEWEED. I chopped, yanked and pulled every bit of it. And discovered that I had - after all - a couple of Nicotiana Jasmine seedlings buried in the mess. I left those.
And...watered them in during the heat of the Summer. By early August...my first Nicotiana Jasmine plant was in bloom. White flowers. Short, compact plant.
Today, five-or-six-weeks-later, more Nicotiana Jasmine is in bloom. This time, it is a taller plant. I'd say it is probably 4-feet-plus-tall. And, loaded with buds. And, a couple of blooms. See below for one of the big, fragrant blooms that appeared in the past few days:
Nicotiana is known as a "reseeder" - it will reseed itself; if given the right opportunity. I've grown Nicotiana Jasmine on this same side of the house before - here's a look at my 2019 plant. I left that one as-is over the Winter and I didn't get any reseeding. Here's hoping that changes for 2025.
One more note: #2 on my 2024 to-do list was to push thru on flowers. I marked that one 'complete' during my check-in earlier this month, but failed to mention these in that grouping.
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