Volunteer four o'clocks

GrannyLois Elizabethton (Stoney, TN(Zone 6b) May 21, 2002

I live in the Volunteer State, and it sure is nice to have some volunteer plants here and there. This is pretty much a whole row of fuschia-colored four o'clocks - seeded from last year apparently.

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gingerlily Paxton, FL(Zone 8a) Jun 04, 2002

And next year you will have more.

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broots Cochrane, ON(Zone 2b) Jun 05, 2002

But they are so darn pretty aren't they.

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gingerlily Paxton, FL(Zone 8a) Jun 07, 2002

Oh yes, I like them. And no maintenance unless you get too many and have to pull some up. Mine just do their thing and I love it.

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eyesoftexas Toadsuck, TX(Zone 7a) Jun 08, 2002

The red ones, that I got the seed from Dave, are now blooming, and they are georgeous!! I now have all the colors of 4 o'clocks, that is until mother nature creats a new one!!

"eyes"

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Larkie Camilla, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 08, 2002

I love them also, but now each year I have to use weed killer to get rid of some, they re-seed soooo bad and everywhere..I chop, dig, spray, pull tubers and still they are all over..
Larkie

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eyesoftexas Toadsuck, TX(Zone 7a) Jun 08, 2002

Yep...........some big ole tubers!!

"eyes"

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philomel Castelnau RB Pyren�e, France(Zone 8a) Jun 09, 2002

Our climate's a bit borderline for them, so Jack Frost usually sorts them out so they're not a nuisance. My mum's got a lot reseeded in her garden this year.

Wonderful evening scent - the moths luvemm!

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jun 18, 2002

I now hate them and can not get rid of them. I had no idea that they grew a huge tuber underground and if you leave any of it in it will regrow. They are truly a pest. And to think I grabbed some seeds off a side walk 20 years ago and tossed them in my garden. 20 years later and I still can not get rid of them!!! They also grow so fast. Did I mention that I HATE them?? They even grow in the cracks of my sidewalk. Preen seems to have helped some buth they are still growing all over my garden.

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debi_z Springfield, MA(Zone 6a) Jun 18, 2002

will this happen in zone 5?

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