Re: [SG] unknown plant
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- Subject: Re: [SG] unknown plant
- From: P* a* J* R* <p*@RADIKS.NET>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 14:49:30 -0500
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Hi, Denise,
The plant you are describing sounds like oenothera speciosa, or pink
primrose. It loves hot, dry shade, blooms for a long time, and can tend
to get invasive. Its masses of pink blooms make it a traffic stopper in
my garden. Great for a curb strip.
Phyllis Randall
Oakcrest Gardens
Glenwood, Iowa
Zone 4b
Denise Holder wrote:
> Thanks all for the input. Do you happen to know a common name for
> Oenothera?
>
> Denise z6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pam Adkins (Murfsmomma). <MurfsMomma@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
> Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 7:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [SG] unknown plant
>
> Denise,
> I have to agree that this sounds like Oenothera to me as well. I
> don't know
> how it would perform in your zone, but we have to be very careful with
> it
> here in the Gulf Coast area, as it can spread and spread and spread,
> but it
> is a cute little flower.
>
> Pam
> Navasota/Houston
> Zone 8b/9
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