Lavender Cloud Nicotiana | Nicotiana alata | Certified Organic
Very fragrant night-blooming annual in shades of lavender and white.
On sultry summer nights, when the air stays saturated and the thunderstorms roll in the distance, this aptly named nicotiana releases a cloud of intoxicating, jasmine-meets- honey aroma that scents the air to great distances. We received this variety from the proprietors of Daggawalla Seed in Portland, Oregon. Their catalogue, since closed, listed over 15 varieties of nicotiana; we tested many and found this one to be a stunner. A bonus: blooms vary in intriguing ways from plant to plant.
Start indoors in a warm, sunny spot by sprinkling a few seeds per cell. Seeds take 10-14 days to germinate. Thin once seedlings have their first set of true leaves. Transplant out when plants are 2-4" high. A heavily fragrant, night blooming annual in shades of lavender and white.
Days to Germination 7-14 days
Days to Maturity 65 days from transplant
Spacing in Row 18"
Spacing Between Rows 18"
Height at Maturity 60"
Width at Maturity 30
Artwork by Paola Bari. This lustrous painted porcelain tile looks intriguingly different from every angle, just like the flower it depicts. Born and raised in Italy, Paola Bari began painting porcelain in Milan.
About Hudson Valley Seed Company
They are a values-driven seed company that practices and celebrates responsible seed production and stewardship. Hudson Valley are best known for their beautiful artist-design seed packs (Art Packs) that appeal to gardeners, gift buyers, and lovers of art and nature.
These Art Packs, most fundamentally, tell stories. Hudson Valley challenges artists to convey in a manner that is fully their own, the history and meaning of the seed variety contained in each pack. These stories were once integral to traditional societies-stories of seeds were often origin stories for entire communities and peoples, and the lore and beliefs that accumulated around seed varieties reflected the nearly familial way in which gardeners and farmers regarded their crops. Our society is, by and large, no longer connected to plants this way. But we like to think these Art Packs help to stitch our fragmented world back together: useful seeds, evocative art, both equally valuable to our experience of being human.