🌸 Jasmine Scented Nicotiana (Nicotiana alata) is one of those plants that truly earns its place in the garden. Its creamy white, pendulant flowers carry soft pink streaks and release a beautifully strong, jasmine-like fragrance after dark — making it a favourite for evening gardens and anyone who loves stepping outside on a warm night. It's a wonderful gift for gardeners who want something a little more sensory in their space.
🌿 Features
- 🌸 Night Fragrance: Flowers release a pleasantly strong, jasmine-like scent in the evening, attracting moths that help with pollination.
- 🤍 Creamy White Blooms: Pendulant flowers with delicate faint pink streaks — elegant and understated.
- 🌱 Branching Growth Habit: Plants reach 3–4 feet tall, forming full, branching specimens that fill out garden beds beautifully.
- 🔄 Self-Reseeding Annual: Leave spent flowers in place and Nicotiana will reseed itself, returning year after year with minimal effort.
- 📅 Days to Maturity: Approximately 75 days from sowing to bloom.
- 🪴 Easy to Grow: Well suited to beginner and experienced gardeners alike — very forgiving and low-maintenance.
- 🌍 Locally Sourced: Seeds from Seattle Seed Company, supporting local Washington growers.
✅ Benefits
- 🌙 Transform your evenings: The rich nighttime scent turns any garden or patio into a calming, fragrant retreat after sunset.
- 🦋 Support local pollinators: By attracting moths, Nicotiana plays a meaningful role in your garden's ecosystem.
- 💐 A gift worth giving: A thoughtful, low-cost gift for gardeners, nature lovers, or anyone who enjoys beautiful, fragrant outdoor spaces.
- 🔁 Comes back on its own: Self-reseeding means you plant once and enjoy it for seasons to come.
- 🏡 Great for borders and beds: At 3–4 feet tall, it adds lovely height and structure to mixed flower borders.
🌱 How to Grow
- Direct sow: Scatter seeds lightly over prepared soil — no need to cover them deeply, as they need light to germinate.
- Starting transplants: Begin indoors 6–8 weeks before your planned outdoor planting date.
- Reseeding: Allow seed heads to dry on the plant at the end of the season and Nicotiana will return the following year.
📋 Product Specifications
- Botanical Name: Nicotiana alata
- Plant Type: Annual (self-reseeding)
- Mature Height: 3–4 feet
- Bloom Colour: Creamy white with faint pink streaks
- Fragrance: Strong jasmine-like scent, most prominent at night
- Pollinator: Moths
- Days to Maturity: 75 days
- Sowing Method: Direct sow or transplant
- Transplant Start Time: 6–8 weeks before outdoor planting
- Vendor: Seattle Seed Company (Washington)
🛒 Add Jasmine Scented Nicotiana seeds to your cart today and bring fragrance, beauty, and pollinator-friendly blooms to your garden this season.