{"title":"Oenothera","description":"\u003cp\u003eOenothera is a large group of American native perennial wildflowers (including North Carolina) that include many wonderful garden specimens as well as a few bad weeds, all recognizable by their butterfly-attracting yellow flowers and 4-way branched stigma.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOenothera is closely related to true primroses (\u003cem\u003ePrimula\u003c\/em\u003e), hence the common name evening primrose. We have selected a small number of species that are excellent garden performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eTips for Growing Oenothera (Sundrop, Evening Primrose)\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost plants in the genus \u003cem\u003eOenothera\u003c\/em\u003e are well adapted to dry sites, so gardeners should create well-drained beds to ensure success. Evening primrose looks great in a rock garden, as a mass planting in a perennial border, or combined with blue or purple flowered plants such as \u003ca title=\"Japanese iris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/iris-japanese-louisiana-ensata-variegata\"\u003eiris\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"buddleia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/butterfly-bush-buddleia-davidii-plant-buddleja\"\u003ebuddleia\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca title=\"campanula\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/campanula\"\u003ecampanula\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"oenothera-fruticosa-fireworks","title":"Oenothera fruticosa Fireworks","description":"\u003cp\u003eOenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' is an amazing North American native, which hails from prairies and similar habitats from Canada south to northern Florida. The hairy, woody stalk emerges in spring from winter rosettes, clothed in lanceolate (narrow) green leaves and topped from mid-May thru mid-June with bright red buds that open to screaming yellow, four-petaled flowers produced on the top half of the stem...one of the most stunning plants in the late spring garden. Oenothera fruticosa spreads slowly by underground rhizomes, but is nothing like the horribly weedy Oenothera speciosa. Our 10-year-old clumps are 6' wide but easily removed from unwanted areas.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028675909,"sku":"8719","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Oenothera-fruticosa-Fireworks.i-8719.s-61203.r-1_9ae21733-164e-49ec-8743-677bc17466d1.jpg?v=1774554829"},{"product_id":"oenothera-riparia-colleton","title":"Oenothera riparia Colleton","description":"\u003cp\u003eOenothera riparia is a little-known Southeastern US native, found growing in freshwater swamps from Virginia south to South Carolina. In the garden, it thrives in regular to moist garden soils, where it forms a 3' tall x 3' wide deciduous clump, adorned in June\/July with sparse, small yellow flowers. Oenothera riparia is host to an array of native butterflies, moths, and bees. Our offering is cutting grown from a specimen from Colleton County, SC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead more about the discovery of this plant in Tony's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden.org\/riverbank-sundrop-the-journey-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlog article\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41966940225623,"sku":"17620","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Oenothera-riparia-Colleton.i-17620.s-68223.r-1_46151215-fbee-47f8-92d8-046cf5169f3e.jpg?v=1791486425"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Oenothera-fruticosa-Fireworks-1900x350.jpg?v=1686147342","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/oenothera.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}