Nicotiana Saratoga Mix Four-Pack Planted - June 2026
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: I picked a front-of-the-border spot and staggered the four small plants about a foot-apart. 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: This post is going up in mid-June, but these were pl...