Purple Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) - purple flowers, illustrated plant card

Purple Flowering Tobacco

Nicotiana alata

Purple Flowering Tobacco blooms from June through September.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Sep
Hardiness
Zones 10–11
Sun
Part sun
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
3 ft × 12 in
Type
Annual
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Growing Purple Flowering Tobacco

Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 10–11. Expect it to reach about 3 ft tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.

When to plant Purple Flowering Tobacco

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Purple Flowering Tobacco into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from June to September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 10 in January.

The Flowering Tobacco family

One of 6 in the Flowering Tobacco family. Same plant, same care.

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