Primrose Evening Flower. Real time not time-lapse recording of an evening primrose flower opening. Its leaves form a circle in the base of the stem at ground level and spiral up to the flowering stems.
Every evening at dusk two dozen or so new flowers open up on this plant. Oenothera speciosa Showy Evening Primrose grows to a maximum of 24 inches 61 centimeters. 25062021 The pink evening primrose also known as a pinkladies plant is part of the larger Onagraceae family.
Some people might confuse between the two but they are two different plants.
Native bee sleeping in an evening primrose flower. 10022021 Evening primrose does best with adequate regular watering and will need a bit more water if grown in an especially hot climate during the summer. 31072020 Evening Primrose is a vigorous biennial forming a rosette of basal leaves its first year and then soaring as high as 5 feet the following year. 06032021 Evening Primrose Flowers It is known for its beauty and has large goblet-like flowers that grow with four petals and have yellow white or pink color.