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Solanaceae
Tobacco-bush
Nicotiana glauca
Also known as Indian tobacco, Desert tobacco, Coyote tobacco, Nicotiana arborea
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tobacco-Bush · Solanaceae · Shrub · Yellow Flowers · Hummingbird Plant · Invasive · Toxic · Warm Climate · Drought Adapted · Nicotiana
Tobacco-bush is a fast-growing shrubby perennial with striking tubular yellow flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. It adapts well to a range of soils but prefers a warm, sheltered spot with partial shade and regular watering during establishment. Be aware that all parts of this plant are highly toxic if ingested, and it can become invasive in warm climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central American Pac, Chile Central, Chile North
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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