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Re: O. missouriensis (was Oenethera 'Siskyou')

THis is a delightful plant that does require deadheading on a daily basis.
It spreads and gets leggy.  If you interplant tall, single stem annuals (eg.
Snap rockets), the emptiness isn't as evident.  Full sun is a must for
flowering.


At 08:08 AM 6/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Keith et al.,
>
>What can you tell me about O. missouriensis? I was on business trip in
>Kansas this week, the Konza Prairie to be exact. Saw a low-growing
>Oenothera with huge bright yellow flowers everywhere. When I first saw
>them, from a distance, thought some researcher had put out yellow marking
>flags. Tentatively id'd it after I got home as missouriensis. Am I right?
>How would a plant like this do in hot, humid, East TN summers do you think..
>
>Gerry (TN/6b)>
>
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Brian Chandley
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