One of the best Turkish tobacco seeds you can buy.
These seeds are particularly apt at growing in dry conditions or just about anywhere.
They are short in height and the leaves are smaller than usual.
Their taste is mild, sweet and aromatic. They are used especially to give fragrance and sweetness to blended tobaccos. Nicotine content is said to be about 1%
Sylvestris is native to Argentina and is often called Woodland Tobacco. It’s a vigorous plant growing up to 5 ft. with large 20″ leaves and sweet scented long drooping white flowers. Try growing this tobacco for mixing purposes only, as it’s not strictly a smoking variety. Its unusual flavor makes it a good candidate for blending cigarette tobacco.
A very attractive and fragrant plant that should be planted in every flower garden, whether you choose to smoke a bit of it or not.
For pipe smokers, we have a nice selection of both hybrid and traditional heirloom pipe tobacco seeds.
Pipe tobacco can also be smoke cured, to give pipe tobacco that smoky flavor.
Here’s a selection of our seeds we suggest you use for growing pipe tobacco. Use the Back button to return to the list (where you left off)
Whilst you’re here, why not take a look at our cigarette or cigar varieties too?
Turkish tobacco often used in pipe tobacco blends and cigarettes.
Columnar plant growing to 5 feet. Mature in 50 days.
Cures a medium brown. Has a very low nicotine content.
Used for cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Connecticut Broad-leaf is a fast maturing cigar wrapper tobacco.
It grows to 4 feet in height with dark green leaves to 30″ long and 16″ wide. It matures in only 45-50 days.
Used for cigars and pipes.
Wisconsin 901 is classified as a cigar binder though may also be used as a filler or as a pipe tobacco blend.
It produces large leaves, has a tight upright columnar form and matures in 55-60 days.
Used for cigars and pipes.
White Mammoth is a bright leaf tobacco that grows quick and matures very early at only 50-55 days.
It grows 4/12 feet with leaves 2′ long and 1′ wide.
Suckering is low and the leaves cure easily. A good choice for short growing seasons.
Used for cigarettes and pipes.
Sherazi is a Turkish variety grown in Iran.
The leaves tend to be small but abundant.
It is prized for its flavor and aroma, and is usually sun cured, it matures in about 60 days.
Used for cigarettes and pipes.
This is an unclassified tobacco. It grows to around 3 feet in height and has very dark green leaves.
It produces a fair amount of tobacco, but its most striking feature is its large magenta red flowers which contrast against the deep green leaves.
A good dual purpose plant.
Used for cigars and pipes.
A medium flavored Maryland type tobacco that grows to 6 feet in height and produces very large leaves to 36″ long and 18″ wide.
It air cures to a light reddish brown color.
Maryland tobacco is commonly used as a blender. Matures in 55-60 days.
Used for cigarettes and pipes.