The African Red tobacco, originally from Transvaal, South Africa, is a bright leaf variety with light green colored leaves and white stemmed.
A vigorous grower reaching 8 feet (200 cm) in height at the first crows foot. Plant form is columnar. Average size of 10th leaf at maturity 28 inches (60cm). Leaf width 12″ (25cm) 28 leaves total on untopped plants, not including bed leaves. Matures in 80 days.
Used for cigarettes and pipes .
A heirloom Maryland type tobacco. A very good producer with sharp pointed leaves growing to over 30 inches long and 16 inches wide. Air cures easily to a rich reddish brown color.
A medium flavored smoke which is excellent for cigarettes, alone, or as a blend. Also used in cigars and pipe tobaccos.
Matures in 60-65 days. Although some growers have reported heavy suckering with Catterton, ours have produced nearly none. This variety is one of our personal favorites.
Used for cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Aztec Rustica is native to Central and South America. It grows to 30 inches high with abundant bright yellow flowers that are very attractive to bees and humming birds. Flowering lasts up to two months.
Leaves air cure to a medium to dark brown and produce a very mild flavored smoke.
Like many other Rusticas, this one is very high in nicotine and should not be smoked alone. Used also for making insecticide
Grows well in cool climates and tolerates frost.
Used for cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Silk Leaf is an old heirloom Virginian variety which has regained popularity among growers in recent years.
It grows to 6 feet in height and is a good producer of leaves averaging 20″ inches long by 12″ wide.
Matures in 65-70 days.
Used mainly as a cigarette tobacco for its mild flavor, or as a pipe blend.
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?
There are so many cigarette tobacco seeds available, where does one start? Each has their own unique smell and taste. So how does one go about making their own cigarette?
It goes without saying, that any cigarette should really be a blend of tobacco, rather than made up from just one type. You can find out a bit more about blending tobacco here. Some tobacco manufacturers boast their tobacco to be a blend of over 20 types! The good news is you don’t have to go that far.
Browse through our selection of cigarette tobacco seeds commonly found in cigarettes:
As home growers, we will not discuss what manufacturers put into their cigarettes!
Whilst you’re here, why not take a look at our cigar or pipe varieties too?