Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis | Onagraceae

When we first planted this happy herb we expected it to be a quick and exciting annual. Evening Primrose proved not to be the case.

It settles well but then begins a long period in which it grows and grows and doesn't get any taller but spreads horizontally, layering larger leaves that cover the garden with green rosettes. It is a wonderful display.

Evening Primrose winters in this situation and then comes Spring.

The stems rise skyward and buds begin to appear in profusion. The lovely yellow blooms fill the evening air with a heavenly scent.

 

The roots and tops of Evening Primrose can be boiled in honey to give a soothing cough syrup but it's finest properties are in the oil from the seeds that we use to lower blood pressure, relieve eczema and arthritis and improve the skin.

All in all we would not be without Evening Primrose, and plant new seed six months into the old season so that the garden is never bare of it.

Evening Primrose not only will survive in impoverished soils but the oil quality is improved by poor soil.

 

Potted Plant (Tubestock Pot) $5.00

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Unfortunately we cannot supply plants, rootlets or divisions to Western Australia,Tasmania or Overseas