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Showy Evening Primrose Oenothera speciosa - Perennial Flower For Your Garden © 2007Visit Our Online Store.For Perennials and Perennial Seed |
Oenothera speciosa Family - Onagracaea - Evening Primrose This evening primrose is a prolific grower under the proper conditions. Underground stoloniferous roots tend to make the plant spread aggressively in rich garden soils. In poor to average soils the plant will form handsome colonies of mounded plants. The cup shaped flowers are a mildly fragrant and are held above attractive gray-green foliage. Showy Evening Primrose is native to the south central United States, grows twelve to twenty-four inches tall and bears a showy, one to two inch diameter white or pink flower. It will reseed as well as spread by roots. It is hardy in USDA Zones 5 - 8, does well in high humidity and should be a good grower in most of the American Midwest. This evening primrose is actually a day bloomer, absent from the show on cloudy days. This perennial flower may be propagated by seed, division in the fall or spring, and summer cuttings. It should not be planted if you don’t have room for it to spread. Oenothera speciosa is sometimes sold as Hartmannia. It is a good choice for hard to maintain banks and other areas where a good ground cover is needed. |
