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Oenothera biennis
Evening Primrose
Onagraceae
When we first planted this happy herb we
expected it to be a quick and exciting annual. Evening
Primrose proved not
to be the case.
It germinates quickly and settles well but
then begins a long period in which it grows and grows and
doesn't get any taller but spreads horizontally layering
larger leaves that cover the garden with green rosettes.
Evening Primrose winters in this situation and then comes spring.
The
stems rise skyward and buds began to appear in profusion.
30 seeds $3.50
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The roots and tops of Evening
Primrose can be boiled in honey to give a soothing
cough syrup but it's finest properties are in the oil from
the seeds that we use to lower blood pressure, relieve eczema and
arthritis and improve the skin.
All in all we would
not be without Evening Primrose and plant new seed six months into the old
season so that the garden never is bare of it.
Evening Primrose not only will survive in impoverished soils but
the oil quality is improved by poor soil.
Bulk Seed available
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