Oenothera fruticosa

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
	Oenothera >	fruticosa >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Read about Oenothera fruticosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oenothera fruticosa, Linn. (Kneiffia fruticosa, Raim.). Sundrops. Perennial (or sometimes biennial), erect and more or less branchy, rather stout, 1-3 ft. high, the terete usually reddish sts. somewhat villous: Lvs. ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 3 in. or less long, firm, usually acute, remotely denticulate or entire, mostly sessile: fls. 1½-2 in. across and showy, in an elongating cluster, with linear bracts: caps, oblong to obovate, short-stalked or sessile, strongly winged. Dry soil, Nova Scotia, south and west. B.M. 332. — Very variable. Var. Youngii, Bailey (OE. Youngii, Hort.), is common in cult., and is prized for its stocky growth and profusion of bloom. It is a strong larger-lvd. plant, with rm shiny slightly glaucous foliage, and bearing many bright lemon-yellow fls.: 2 ft., much branched and somewhat decumbent at base. Excellent. Var. major, Hort., is a strong-growing floriferous form, forming a dense bush-like specimen. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

w:Oenothera fruticosa. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Oenothera fruticosa QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.