Scientific Name
Oenothera speciosa
Common Name
Showy evening primrose

Characteristics

Season
summer
Height
12-24 inches
Hardiness
USDA Hardiness Zone 5-8
Flower Color
white, pink
Soil
well drained, infertile soil
Exposure
full sun
Propagation
seed, division
North Carolina Regions
Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Comments
Showy evening primrose can become a terrible weed in perennial gardens, spreading by stoloniferous rootstocks and seed. When grown in moist, fertile, prepared soil it can take over a garden. In dry, infertile sites it forms a well behaved clump.
Origin
Southeastern USA, North Carolina

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

Images: ©Alice B. Russell and Erv Evans

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