Nicotania

slinga

We have them growing here and there but never planted any. They grow in some strange positions which they change every year.


Ten have now started growing underneath a large rose bush and I want to transplant them.


I've lifted and moved a few and even though they've only grown in this position this year they have quite a big tap root.


If I don't manage to lift all the tap root will they then die off?

Silvertabby

Nicotania are really annuals in the UK - they only survive as short lived perennials in much warmer climes.

Yours will have self-seeded from last year's plants. You may be ok moving them - but you would have had a better chance of success if you had transplanted the young seedlings earlier on in the year.

Remember that all parts of nicotania are toxic.

slinga

Thanks.
The missus only spotted them this week.
I would have transplanted earlier if we had found them.
They always flower late here - late August into September.

slinga

Well I transplanted six of them and after watering well they look like they are established.