Missouri Evening Primrose
/One of the native plants I added to my yard this past spring was Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa). It’s growing well near my mailbox – becoming established in an area that was mostly weeds previously.
The first flower opened after a lot of rain and looked a little bedraggled. The flowers are quite large and the petals not strong enough to hold a lot of water droplets.
The second flower was better – more the shape I expected. The plant probably is happier without quite as much rain as we’ve been getting recently. And the old flower had collapsed – added swirls and some orange along the veins…a beautiful last hurrah for the petals.
I hope that the plant produces seeds at some point because I have some other sunny places I would like to plant it!
