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Little Canadian Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD Also called "little red tobacco", this annual variety, with pink flowers, grows easily in all types of soil. Rustic, early and small in size, it matures in six weeks and produces a full-bodied tobacco.;Considered a sacred plant, tobacco occupies an important place in the Amerindian pharmacopoeia and is used in various rituals.;This tobacco, also called "petit tabac rouge" or "small red canadian" is mentioned as far back as 1807 by the W.M Ewing & cie in their catalog of 1897. In Quebec, the Petit Canadien has been cultivated for more than a hundred years. From 1884, it was marketed by the J. O. Forest factory in Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan. Considered rare. BOTANICAL INFORMATION Latin name: Nicotiana tabacum Common names: Petum, small red tobacco English: Small Red Canadian tobacco Family: Solanaceae MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.	Sacred Mapacho Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco is native to Central America (Mexico and Venezuela). Also called white tobacco, it was cultivated during the pre-Columbian period in Mexico. The Aztecs dried its leaves, ground them and mixed them with Tagetes lucida and then consumed this mixture in various rituals. It is said of this tobacco that it influenced mental activity, and was therefore used by shamans, among others by the Warao ethnic group of Venezuela. In traditional medicine, white tobacco was consumed to combat the problem of asthma, inflammations, toothaches, headaches, snake venoms. The flowers of this plant are particularly decorative and very delicate. BOTANICAL INFORMATION Latin name: Nicotiana rustica Common names: Mapacho, white tobacco, rustic tobacco, Aztec tobacco English: Tobacco Family: Solanaceae MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.	Tobacco Hav* Ahna (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco is used to make cigars, among other things. It produces abundant fragrant leaves, used for cigars, but also for chewing. It likes the sun, but grows very well in cold regions. Also known for its beautiful pink trumpet-shaped flowers that attract pollinators. BOTANICAL INFORMATION Latin name: Nicotiana tabacum Common name: cigar tobacco English: Havana Tobacco Family: Solanaceae MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.
Black Sea Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco comes from Turkey, in the region of Samsun, very close to the Black Sea. Prized for its rich flavor and unique aroma, it is nonetheless smooth to smoke. For cigarettes or pipes. Very adapted to the Quebec climate, it approaches very pretty and slender pink flowers. BOTANICAL INFORMATION Latin name: Nicotiana tabacum Common names: Tobacco from the Samsun region, Tobacco from Turkey English: Black Sea Tobacco Family: Solanaceae MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.	Woodland Tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD There are several varieties of tobacco, but among all of them, wild tobacco stands out as a giant. The plant is growing rapidly. The erect stems can branch. They have large, long, oblong, light green leaves, while the flowers, grouped in tight panicles, are a beautiful pure white. As night falls, their scent intensifies and attracts moths. BOTANICAL INFORMATION Latin name: Nicotiana sylvestris Common names: Giant tobacco or sylvatic tobacco English: Woodland tobacco, flowering tobacco, South American tobacco Family: Solanaceae MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.	Russian Red Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco is small (3 or 4 feet), with very dark green, round-shaped leaves. It reminds us of Cuban varieties. It bears pretty, slender, dark red flowers, making it an excellent variety for an ornamental plant. MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Needs light to germinate. If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.
Virginia Gold Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco has a particularly sweet taste and is commonly used for light cigarettes. The plant can reach 1.5 to 2 meters. It bears pretty, slender, trumpet-shaped flowers in pale pink, which attract pollinators. Flowering in August and September. Very popular variety in the United States. MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.	Scent of Italy tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) 3.78 $ ~~3.78 $~~ 3.7800000000000002 CAD This tobacco was grown in the 1930s in Quebec. It bears pretty, slender, trumpet-shaped flowers in pale pink, which attract pollinators. Flowering in August until the first frosts. Its taste is a little more pronounced than Virginia Gold. MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.