Jasmine Tobacco

Nicotiana alata 'Crimson King' Solanaceae

Other names

Flowering Tobacco

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Cultivated as annual

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Select Seeds, Stokes Seeds

Description

Selected from the old white Jasmine Tobacco in the 1930s, Crimson King is lightly fragranced, the blooms are perfectly star-shaped and an elegant, antique red color. Blooming from mid-summer through frost and flowering freely. Reseeding annual, 3-4 feet tall.

USDA Hardiness Zone

7

Special characteristics

tender perennial