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Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose) 30 Seeds

Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted Evening Primrose) 30 Seeds

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Tufted Evening Primrose aka Scented or Stemless Evening Primrose, Oenothera caespitosa is excellent addition if you're looking for a large and beautiful flower with superb drought and heat tolerance.  Grows well in sandy-loam, sand, gravel, and tolerates moderate salt. Grows well in most fast draining poor soils.

Very similar to cut leaf or pale evening primrose. Except its defining characteristic is its low growth habit - hugging the ground and flowers without stems. Blooms earlier than Pale Evening Primrose, the flowers are a bit larger but smell just as good. You'll smell these when you walk outside each morning during the bloom. 

Perfect in the front of the garden or along a path where you want some low growing beauty. Excellent addition for pollinators and biodiversity as it blooms in the evening and attracts nocturnal pollinators like hummingbird moths, and bats. 

Try in a hot sunny spot, or rock garden and plant with rubber rabbitbrush, Utah milkvetch, white sagebrush, buckwheat ssp. and penstemon spp. 

Direct sow in the Autumn. If starting indoors, 60 days of stratification recommended.

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