Nicotiana alata Tinkerbell F1

Nicotiana alata 'Tinkerbell' is a variety of ornamental tobacco that is interesting for its vigour and almost red flowers that emit a pleasant fragrance during warm summer evenings. Carried on tall stems, its trumpet-shaped flowers open in the morning, succeeding each other from summer to autumn. Plant them along pathways, in large flower pots, on the terrace, and also include them in your bouquets. This plant appreciates non-scorching sun, rich and moist soil, but well-drained.

Originally from South America, from southern Brazil, northern Argentina, to Paraguay and Uruguay, Nicotiana alata is a plant of the Solanaceae family cultivated as an annual for garden ornamentation. The 'Tinkerbell' selection is an herbaceous plant that reaches a minimum height of 90cm within a few months. The base of the clump occupies 20 to 30cm in width. This tobacco forms a rosette of elongated, undulate leaves, measuring 10 to 25cm in length, cordate (with two wings, hence its species name), sessile and covered with glandular hairs that make them slightly sticky. Flowering begins in mid-summer, around the month of July, and continues until early autumn. The inflorescence is a racemose cyme that bears tubular flowers, trumpet-shaped, 5 to 7cm long. The reverse of the corolla is covered with glandular hairs. In the 'Tinkerbell' variety, the interior of the corollas is dark pink-red, and their reverse is green. Nicotiana alata is one of the most fragrant tobacco species. It emits honey-like, waxy, dry, warm, aromatic scents. The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.

Nicotiana alata 'Tinkerbell' produces magnificent plants in slightly loose flower beds. It can be combined with orange, bright blue, white, or green flowers without any taste faux pas. Damask nigellas, Bells of Ireland, and foxgloves go well with its large flowering clumps, as do the tall inflorescences of tall paniculate phlox. To fully enjoy the sweet fragrance of 'Tinkerbell' tobacco, you can plant them on the terrace in large pots.

Attention, seeds reserved for highly experienced gardeners who are accustomed to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust, barely visible to the naked eye.