Botanical Name: Oenothera howardii
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Common Name: Bronze Evening Primrose  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Extra in Summer

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

Invasive

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish, Tropical

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer

 

Location Uses

Perennial Border

 

Special Uses

Mass Planting, Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

Hummingbirds, Butterflies

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Similar to other evening primrose, but taller, growing to 2 to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. It has lance-like foliage of medium to dark green, with a prominent white midrib and undulated and toothed edges. Flowers are large, papery, and four-petaled, and open yellow and fade to bronze, maroon, or red, giving the plant a multi-colored character. Blooms May to August.
Grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates poor and/or limy soils, drought, and some light shade. Easily grown from seed and will self-seed under optimum growing conditions (which is almost anything), except it doesn't grow well in wet soils.