Nicotiana Spetember 1, 2014

I grow this for the scent.  Nicotiana has a great smell, and it prefers a partly shady location.  Pretty flowers in the shade are unusual.  I plant them whenever I can find them.  Nicotiana is a re-seeding annual.

 A couple of years ago I had a stand of Nicotiana that was about 6 feet wide and 4 feet tall in the herb garden.  Heavenly smell.  Despite the fact that Nicotiana reseeds, it disappeared.  It's always interesting to me that weather - temperature, rain fall, and locaton can make such a difference.  This little plant in the Star Garden is an offset from that original stand.