 |
Oenothera fruticosa |
 |
| Common name |
sundrops |
| Family |
onagraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-8) |
| Flowers |
yellow (June) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
sun |
Screaming yellow flowers on a robust-growing plant - we got one at the HPS/MAG spring sale last year, planted it and forgot about it, then wondered earlier this year what all those plants were. So we'll be on the watch for the wandering tendencies of evening primrose, but boy, those flowers are bright! A great surprise in mid-June.
This species is supposed to have red stems, which I haven't noticed on our plant.
|
This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Oenothera fruticosa
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Mary Busby | Aug 07, 2008 | I planted this Sundrop here in Luella, Georgia (south of Atlanta) in June where it has been extremely dry. I have tried to keep it watered but it is dying. It is in well drained area where other sun lovers are doing well. I really don't want to lose it but am at wits end trying to figure out what it wants. HELP. |
| Terry | Jun 13, 2012 | We have this plant in partial shade and have seen it droop too when the days are very hot. Watering it perked it back up. I think mulch could help a lot. |
- Seed from '14 trade. Baggy 70F (39%G, 10-25d)
I welcome comments about my web pages; feel free to use the form below to
leave feedback about this particular page. For the benefit of other visitors
to these pages, I will list any relevant comments you leave, and if
appropriate, I will update my page to correct mis-information. Faced with an
ever-increasing onslaught of spam, I'm forced to discard any comments including
html markups. Please submit your comment as plain text. If you have a
comment about the website as a whole, please leave it in my
guestbook. If you
have a question that needs a personal response, please
e-mail me.
|
