The nightshade family is not only popular vegetable crops, but also flowers. They ask in your garden or on the balcony to revive it and bring a special charm. These include fragrant tobacco flower, the photo indicates its discreet attractiveness. This annual plant leads its genealogy from South America. The flower is famous for its aroma, which is especially enhanced in the evening hours. The plant is suitable for breeding at home, and in the garden, in the open ground. Its leaves are wide and large. Flowers can have a variety of colors: dark raspberry, white, red. They bloom in July. The flower will decorate your flower beds in the garden, it can be planted in groups in mixed flower beds.
Before growing fragrant tobacco, the planting and care of which will be discussed below, it is worth familiarizing yourself with its varieties. Winged is an annual that is grown as a perennial. In height, it can be up to seventy centimeters. Flowers have a tubular shape, they are collected in panicled inflorescences. Their shades are diverse: cream, white, carmine. Forest tobacco is a tall plant, it can reach one and a half meters. Since it develops very slowly, it is recommended to plant it earlier than other varieties.
It is recommended to plant fragrant tobacco on seedlings in the spring, namely in March or April. Prepare the soil mixture, it should include nutrient soil and river sand, sown seeds. Moreover, they do not need to be sprinkled with earth, but only slightly pressed into the soil. Then the boxes should be covered with glass or film and placed in a well-warmed and lit place. Sprouts appear after ten to twelve days. They are dived into separate pots, four in each. When frosts subside and the earth is warmed up, they can be transferred to open ground. It is necessary to plant plants from each other at a distance of twenty to thirty centimeters.
What else is fragrant tobacco good for? Planting and flower care are not associated with the need to fight diseases and pests, since the plant is not affected by them. Moderately fertilized land should be selected for it, and its overmoistening should be avoided. If the soil in your garden is clay or loamy, then after digging the site it is recommended to make compost or humus.
Fragrant tobacco is undemanding for top dressing, planting and caring for it involves only twice to carry out this operation: before flowering the bush and after it. It is recommended to use fertilizers for flowering plants. The flower is especially good because of its unpretentiousness. It can tolerate shade, temperature changes: heat and cold, but still prefers sunny places and heat.
In order for your garden to adorn fragrant tobacco with its modest charm, planting and care for it should include regular watering of the plant, since its leaves evaporate a lot of moisture. Nevertheless, the flower, although it is hygrophilous, is resistant to drought. Gardeners to extend the life of the plant recommend digging it in the fall, pruning flower stalks and replanting in a pot. The flower can be kept on the window.