Evening primrose

While Evening Primrose flowers (pink ladies, sundrops, snowdrops) are showy and gorgeous, they can often be invasive when planted too closely together. Learn when, how, and where to plant them so they do not sprout in unwanted places.

Pink evening primrose displays large, elegant pink flower with four petals that makes it look like a goblet, hence it is sometimes called

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True to its name, common evening primrose is the most common and widespread evening primrose in Missouri. It is most noticeable late in the season, when it reaches its greatest height and the flowers at the top are most visible.

Evening Primrose

Pink evening primrose does not belong in your garden. Here's what Grumpy has to say about planting Oenothera speciosa and what to plant instead.

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In this guide, I’ll run through the fundamentals of growing and caring for evening primroses, including planting tips, soil considerations, ideal locations, keeping the plants in check, and essential end-of-season care.

Evening Primrose: Energetic Medicine for the Heart Energetically, evening primrose has a gentleness in her medicine that softens the edges by working with the heart and solar plexus chakras to open fully to love and relationships without fear of rejection and addresses imbalance on a soul level. It is indicated for those who feel rejected in early childhood, most often by their parents and for those whose strategy to cope with rejection is to avoid any deep emotional connection.