How to Grow Flowering Tobacco

Choose a planting site. Flowering tobacco grows well in most well-drained soil. Select a location where its evening fragrance can be enjoyed and that receives full sun or partial shade. By choosing a planting site before purchasing your plants you can determine the number of Nicotiana needed for the area.

Purchase the plants. Flats of flowering tobacco containing individual plugs of the flower are readily available at nurseries and garden centers in spring. Available colors are usually white, pink, red, purple or salmon. Nicotiana is an annual that is hardy in all zones and blooms from summer to the first frost.

Plant the plugs. Use a garden trowel to dig a small hole slightly larger than the soil covered roots and at the same depth they were growing. Gently backfill the original soil and firm the soil around the transplant with your hands.

Water the transplants and cover with a thin layer of mulch. Water flowering tobacco regularly during dry periods.