Oenothera macrocarpa / Missouri Evening Primrose
Type: perennial
Native habitat: prairie glades
Light: Full Sun
Soil: dry to medium
Growth: 1’ tall by 1’-1.5’ wide
Bloom: yellow bloom from May-August
Info: This easy to grow native has yellow fragrant flowers that open up in the late afternoon. This plant is pollinated by night time pollinators. Missouri evening primrose makes a good ground cover and is great for boarders or rock garden plantings. It is slow to spread by seed. Taproot makes it difficult to transplant. Leaves grow off of parts last year’s growth, so don’t remove dead stems from last year until the plant begins to leaf out again in Spring
Type: perennial
Native habitat: prairie glades
Light: Full Sun
Soil: dry to medium
Growth: 1’ tall by 1’-1.5’ wide
Bloom: yellow bloom from May-August
Info: This easy to grow native has yellow fragrant flowers that open up in the late afternoon. This plant is pollinated by night time pollinators. Missouri evening primrose makes a good ground cover and is great for boarders or rock garden plantings. It is slow to spread by seed. Taproot makes it difficult to transplant. Leaves grow off of parts last year’s growth, so don’t remove dead stems from last year until the plant begins to leaf out again in Spring
Type: perennial
Native habitat: prairie glades
Light: Full Sun
Soil: dry to medium
Growth: 1’ tall by 1’-1.5’ wide
Bloom: yellow bloom from May-August
Info: This easy to grow native has yellow fragrant flowers that open up in the late afternoon. This plant is pollinated by night time pollinators. Missouri evening primrose makes a good ground cover and is great for boarders or rock garden plantings. It is slow to spread by seed. Taproot makes it difficult to transplant. Leaves grow off of parts last year’s growth, so don’t remove dead stems from last year until the plant begins to leaf out again in Spring