Oenothera Pallida Evening Primerose Scented Summer Flower Plant
EVENING PRIMROSE
The white flowers, over 2 in wide, of this perennial from the west of the United States open in the evening, attracting moths with their delightful fragrance. Their coarse stems grow about 20 in tall, and spread in all directions. Plant evening primroses along the edges of a patio to enjoy scented summer evenings. There will be fresh flowers daily from the end of June until early October. The flowers turn pink in the course of the morning (as a sign to insects that they are no longer welcome), and droop in the afternoon, early on if it is hot.
Sow indoors in March-April, or out-of-doors from April. If conditions are favorable, the plants will come into flower two months later.
Oenothera pallida ‘Innocense’ does not differ much from the species, and is sometimes available as a plant.
