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Oenothera biennis – Evening Primrose

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Evening primrose is an upright biennial in the Onagraceae family. This commonly grows in fields, prairies, glades, thickets, waste ground, disturbed sites, and along roadsides and railroad right of ways. This plant wuld easily and work well planted along boarders or makes an excellent addition to a wildflower, cottage, or herb garden. It is highly drought tolerant. Gold/yellow flowers will bloom during the Fall, Spring, and Summer. At dusk, flowers will open up and then close again once it is hit by the sun.

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