Four O'Clock 'Salmon Sunset'

This is one of my favorite annuals here in Zone 6b Pennsylvania. They grow very quickly from seed, and mine normally reach heights of a...Read Morebout 3 1/2 feet. Some get so top heavy I have to stake them. The pink/apricot color is very impressive. A great plant for a night garden. The hummingbirds also seem to like them in the evenings. They don't seem very picky about soil or water. Mine re-seed like crazy and I end up having an abundance to share or plant elsewhere for the following year. If planting, I would make sure to plant them where you definitely want to have them, as seedlings will pop up the following year all summer long.

My grandmother in Cambridge IA grew these plants on the south side of her home. She always had several colors-red,pink,yellow and white....Read More

I purchased seeds in 2011 and this year only saw the yellow color in the summer, but in late summer some of the plant blooms started to change color to white. Both color blooms were on the plant at the same time. Also it is one of the last plants that are killed by frost.

I hope it self seeds as well, but I am planting more this coming year.