Showy Evening Primrose 'Siskiyou'
1 Gallon
$31.99
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Perennial · Zones 5–9
Oenothera speciosa
Showy Evening Primrose 'Siskiyou'
$31.99
The short version
A perennial for full sun or part sun.
Native variety. Bees can get in.
Zones 5–9Full sun · Part sunLow waterNot pet-safe
Stock
In stockTracking the day it leavesPromise
Arrives aliveOr we replace it. How
Spacing and size
18 in. apart.
Restocks and new drops, in the Shop app.
The story
Pink cups for tough ground.
Satiny, cup-shaped pink flowers with yellow centers, open by day, covering a low, spreading plant from late spring through summer. Heat, drought and poor soil do not slow it down.
Light
Full sun for the most flowers.
Water
Water to establish, then leave it dry.
Planting
Plant in spring in lean, well-drained soil. It behaves better in poor soil than rich.
A native that blooms hard in the hottest, driest, worst-soil spots in the yard.
The facts
Size10–12 in. tall, 12–18 in. wide and spreadingShowLate spring through summerLightFull sun, Part sunZones5–9WaterLow, let it dryGood forNative variety, Deer-resistant, DroughtPetsNot pet-safe; keep out of reach
Who it feeds
Bred from a native. USDA records the parent species growing wild in your state, inside its native range. USDA PLANTS
- Caterpillars About 18 kinds of native butterflies and moths raise their caterpillars on Oenothera, going by the median county in a nationwide study. Caterpillars are what songbirds feed their chicks. Source
- Specialist bees 4 bee species in the eastern U.S. gather pollen from only a few plant groups, and Oenothera is one of them. Source
Plays well with
Complete the planting.
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