How to GrowOenothera
Oenothera(ee - noth - er - a )
From the Greekoinos , wine , andthera , pursuing or imbibe , the solution of one plant being thought to induce a thirst for wine(Onagraceae).A genus of 80 species of annual , biennial and numerous in effect herbaceous and shrubby perennial for the herbaceous border and rock garden , natives of America and the West Indies , but now widely naturalized in many part of the world . The flowers , fragrant in many species , are fragile in appearance , carried in racemes or singly in the leaf axils and in the main yellow but there are white , pink and ruby forms . The common name , Evening Primrose , relates to0 . biennisin particular , the flowers opening in the evening .
Species cultivated0 . acaulis , trailer , flowers snowy , ageing to grow , spring to fall , hardy perennial.0 . biennis , biennial , 3 feet , yellow , very fragrant , June - October.0 . erythrosepala(syn.0 . lamarckiana),4 feet , flowers yellow , ageing to reddish , to 3.5 inches across , summer to fall , probably of garden origin.0 . fruticosa , about 2 feet , gamboge - yellowish flowers , July and August , one of the best of the herbaceous perennials.0 . glaber,1.5 feet , foliage bronze - green , peak golden - yellow , summer.0 . missouriensis , about 9 column inch , hang back and spreading in habit , bright , easy yellow flowers , July , perennial.0 . odorata , to 1 feet , flowers white-livered , turning red , to 2 inches across , open in the even , April to June , recurrent ; var.sulphurea , tall . later unfolding , leave , buds and stems tinted red.0 . perennis(syn.0.pumila),1 foot , flowers yellow , opening in day . July , perennial.0 . speciosa,2 foot , white efflorescence , scented at night , appear throughout the summer and early autumn , repeated , United States , Mexico.0.tetragona(syn.0 . youngii),2 feet , flowers yellow , to 1 column inch across , opening by mean solar day , summer ; var.riparia,1.5 feet , efflorescence heavy . Cultivars : ‘ Fireworks ’ , 1.5 foot , shining red bud opening to icteric flower , makes a very good plant life for the front of the border ; ‘ Yellow River ’ , 1 - 1.5 feet , canary yellow , very loose - flowering .
CultivationThese plants are sun lovers ; they do well in any average land , including those that turn back much chalk . The train kinds are suitable for the careen garden , magniloquent kind for sunny borders . They can be propagated by partitioning in natural spring Or they may be grown from semen . Seed of the biyearly metal money is best sown in May or June where the plant are need to flower , the flowers being produced the following year in July and August . Cuttings can also be take of the perennial coinage in May and rooted in a flaxen compost .
