Nicotiana “Cuba Lime” is a wonderfully useful flowering tobacco with fresh lime-green, trumpet-shaped flowers. Its unusual colour works beautifully with almost everything in the border or vase, and the flowers add a light, airy feel to summer planting.
Sow: February–April indoors / May
Seeds: Approx. 200
Height: Approx. 90cm
Type: Half-hardy annual
Good for: Cut flowers · Cottage gardens · Pollinators · Seed saving
GROWING NOTES
Surface sow the tiny seeds and do not cover, as light helps germination. Keep warm and evenly moist, then grow seedlings on in good light. Plant out after the risk of frost has passed and deadhead regularly to encourage more flowers.
SEED SAVING
Allow a few seed capsules to mature and dry on the plant. Collect the tiny seed once fully ripe and store somewhere cool, dry and labelled.
Grown, harvested and packed by Missenden Seeds in the Chiltern Hills. Open-pollinated and grown without chemical pesticides or peat.
Nicotiana “Cuba Lime” is a wonderfully useful flowering tobacco with fresh lime-green, trumpet-shaped flowers. Its unusual colour works beautifully with almost everything in the border or vase, and the flowers add a light, airy feel to summer planting.
Sow: February–April indoors / May
Seeds: Approx. 200
Height: Approx. 90cm
Type: Half-hardy annual
Good for: Cut flowers · Cottage gardens · Pollinators · Seed saving
GROWING NOTES
Surface sow the tiny seeds and do not cover, as light helps germination. Keep warm and evenly moist, then grow seedlings on in good light. Plant out after the risk of frost has passed and deadhead regularly to encourage more flowers.
SEED SAVING
Allow a few seed capsules to mature and dry on the plant. Collect the tiny seed once fully ripe and store somewhere cool, dry and labelled.
Grown, harvested and packed by Missenden Seeds in the Chiltern Hills. Open-pollinated and grown without chemical pesticides or peat.
