PRIMROSE EVENING

[ Oenothera Lamarckiana ]

Season: Annual
Height: 2-3 Feet
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Sun
Zones: 3-10
All regions of North America

Primrose Evening [ Oenothera Lamarckiana ] gets its name from the fact that the blooms open in the late afternoon and remain open through the evening. The plant is an annual that has naturalized throughout the United States. Flowers are light yellow and are up to two inches across, and they are richly scented and very attractive to moths.

Primrose Evening [ Oenothera Lamarckiana ] makes a good meadow plant, and it is also great along roadsides and fence lines. Primrose likes sunny, well-drained soils and blooms during the summer. The plant grows quickly, blooms heavily, and often reseeds when seed falls on bare ground.

The plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring/Fall (Zones 7-10)
Seed Depth: 1/16 Inch
Days to Emerge: 7-14

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