Evening Primrose

Landlife Wildflower Seed RangeBy choosing Landlife Wildflower seeds you are directly helping to save wildflowers and the wildlife that depend on the for there survival. Landlife is a charity (reg 290510) who plough the profits from their sales into their environmental activitiies in creative conservation - in other words developing new spaces for wildflowers to grow as well as safeguarding existing areas.Spikes of fragrant, bowl-shaped, pale yellow flowers, ageing to dark golden-yellow from June to September. These beautiful night-flowering evening primroses open at dusk and last just one night. Perfect for a sunny, well-drained border or wildlife garden, the ephemeral flowers are an important source of nectar.Position: full sunSoil: poor to moderately-fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: June to September Flower colour: yellowOther features: large rosettes of red-veined, mid-green leaves; the seeds are used commercially for making evening primrose oilHardiness: fully hardyGarden care: Protect the young foliage from slug damage using beer traps or environmentally-friendly slug pelletsGoes well with: Centaurea cynarus, Lonicera pericymenum, Briza media, Knautia arvensis, Papaver rhoeas, Rosa rugosa var. alba
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