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Nicotiana - bit OT
Decades ago I remember Nicotiana as tall plants good for a shady corner at
the bottom of the garden where the bottom (N facing) and side (E facing) met. Tall, architectural plants and a wonderful scent in the evening. These days most Nicotiana seem to be dwarf growing F1 hybrids with no scent at all. Apart from growing from seed, has anyone found these (e.g N.alata Grandiflora) in any common or garden(!) garden centre? Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Nicotiana - bit OT
On Monday, 7 May 2018 12:18:20 UTC+1, David wrote:
Decades ago I remember Nicotiana as tall plants good for a shady corner at the bottom of the garden where the bottom (N facing) and side (E facing) met. Tall, architectural plants and a wonderful scent in the evening. These days most Nicotiana seem to be dwarf growing F1 hybrids with no scent at all. Apart from growing from seed, has anyone found these (e.g N.alata Grandiflora) in any common or garden(!) garden centre? Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Its dead easy to grow from seed. Jonathan |
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Nicotiana - bit OT
On Mon, 07 May 2018 06:17:52 -0700, wardjfb wrote:
On Monday, 7 May 2018 12:18:20 UTC+1, David wrote: Decades ago I remember Nicotiana as tall plants good for a shady corner at the bottom of the garden where the bottom (N facing) and side (E facing) met. Tall, architectural plants and a wonderful scent in the evening. These days most Nicotiana seem to be dwarf growing F1 hybrids with no scent at all. Apart from growing from seed, has anyone found these (e.g N.alata Grandiflora) in any common or garden(!) garden centre? Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Its dead easy to grow from seed. Jonathan I refer the poster to my original question. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 |
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Nicotiana - bit OT
On 07/05/2018 12:18, David wrote:
Decades ago I remember Nicotiana as tall plants good for a shady corner at the bottom of the garden where the bottom (N facing) and side (E facing) met. Tall, architectural plants and a wonderful scent in the evening. These days most Nicotiana seem to be dwarf growing F1 hybrids with no scent at all. Apart from growing from seed, has anyone found these (e.g N.alata Grandiflora) in any common or garden(!) garden centre? Apparently there is no demand. They are easy enough to grow from seed though and Chiltern have a decent selection of fragrant species. https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/search?q=nicotiana They seem to have lost the fragrance in a effort to get compact and coloured bedding plants amenable to garden centre plant plug sales. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Nicotiana - bit OT
Martin Brown wrote:
Apparently there is no demand I noticed Mr Fothergill selling foot tall plug plants ... |
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Nicotiana - bit OT
On Wed, 09 May 2018 13:44:21 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
Martin Brown wrote: Apparently there is no demand I noticed Mr Fothergill selling foot tall plug plants ... Found some in a local nursery. Mainly, I remember a time when everyone stocked them, though mainly the F1 hybrids without scent. They said that they were very popular. I assume other outlets are on the traditional "You're the fourth person to ask for them today. We don't stock them because there's no demand." Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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