South China, ME (Zone 5a) | November 2010 | neutral
Beautiful but not z5 hardy as far as my area of Maine. I tried these 2x and lost them after each winter. I may try one more time, but tha...Read Morets my limit. :(
This is one of my favorite evening primroses. Last year, I bought one plant. It bloomed for three months, at least, and the stems were ...Read Moreabout 4' long. This year, I thought the plant hadn't survived, until I realized that it had self-sowed very easily. I probably have ten new plants, the first of which has just started blooming.
I started these from seed indoors. They were lovely, and they did self-sow, but it was August before the new ones came up! Needless to sa...Read Morey, I didn't get flowers before the frosts came on.
Has toothed, mid green, lance shaped leaves with a thick red vein running straight through ...Read Morethe middle. Stems also have a reddish colouration. Bears saucer shaped, 4 petalled, brick red-orange flowers in late Summer.
Flowers August-October.
Prefers a very well drained, poorish soil in full sun and self seeds where happy. Not always hardy in frost prone areas but produces many seeds, so keep collecting them just in case.
Ours grows in a container and nearly every year gets pulled up as a weed until I remember what it is.
Beautiful but not z5 hardy as far as my area of Maine. I tried these 2x and lost them after each winter. I may try one more time, but tha...Read More
This is one of my favorite evening primroses. Last year, I bought one plant. It bloomed for three months, at least, and the stems were ...Read More
I started these from seed indoors. They were lovely, and they did self-sow, but it was August before the new ones came up! Needless to sa...Read More
A perennial from the Americas.
Has toothed, mid green, lance shaped leaves with a thick red vein running straight through ...Read More