Fruit: Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Length: Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil pH: Alkaline (>8.0) Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Occasionally Dry NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Edible Ground Cover Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Creeping Erect Spreading Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: High.Edibility: Cook as greens or in salads, best flavor when collected before flowering Members of the genus Oenothera support the following specialized bees: Melissodes (Apomelissodes) fimbriatus and Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) oenotherae. Attributes: Genus: Oenothera Species: speciosa Family: Onagraceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Stem Cutting Country Or Region Of Origin: Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico Distribution: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV Wildlife Value: Butterflies and bees are attracted to the nectar in the flowers.Tags: #full sun tolerant #drought tolerant #edible plant #white flowers #wildlife plant #pink flowers #nectar plant #specialized bees #well-drained soil #summer flowers #groundcover #rock garden #pollinator plant #poor soils tolerant #butterfly friendly #bee friendly #perennial #weed See this plant in the following landscape: Drought Tolerant Rock Garden Cultivars / Varieties: Planting it in poor, rocky, infertile soil will encourage it to grow in a more well-behaved clump. It is best used in naturalized areas as it can take over a perennial garden. Flowers best in sun but will grow in shade as a groundcover but not flower. It will go dormant if it receives no moisture in summer. It is drought tolerant and grows in any soil types except poor drainage ones. The large flowers are cup-shaped and showy, usually opening in the evening or cloudy days although in some areas of the county they open during the day. It spreads by stoloniferous rootstocks and seeds forming a groundcover. Showy Evening Primrose is native to SW USA but has naturalized to many other parts of the country. Phonetic Spelling oh-no-THER-ah speh-see-OH-sah Description
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