Tags: Heirloom Open Pollinated

Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers

Latin Name: Mirabilis jalapa

Days to Maturity: VARIED

Description:

WE RECYCLE PACKING

THE FOUR O'CLOCK PLANT IS AN OLD-FASHIONED PLANT USED AS AN ORNAMENTAL.
THIS TENDER PERENNIAL IS HARDY IN ZONES 7-10 AND THEY CAN BE GROWN AS AN ANNUAL IN COLDER AREAS.

THIS VARIETY HAS SNOW WHITE FLOWERS SUPPORTED BY SOFT PRETTY GREEN FOLIAGE.

THE PRETTY FLOWERS GET THEIR NAME BECAUSE THE BLOSSOMS OPEN LATE IN THE DAY.

VERY FRAGRANT BLOSSOMS ARE PERFECT TO PLANT AROUND A PATIO OR PORCH AREA.

EASY TO GROW. IN OUR ZONE 9B THE PLANTS GO DORMANT, DYING BACK TO THE GROUND IN THE WINTER THEY LEAF OUT IN EARLY SPRING.

THE FLOWERS LAST A DAY BUT MATURE PLANTS PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF BLOOMS.

THE PLANT WILL GROW IN FULL OR PARTIAL SUN.

THE PLANTS CAN REACH SEVERAL FEET TALL AND AROUND.

THEY MAKE GREAT FILLER PLANTS IN CONTAINERS AND THEY GROW EQUALLY WELL IN THE GROUND.

EACH YEAR THE ROOT GROWS LARGER, AS DOES THE PLANT.

SHIPS TO CONTIGUOUS USA (LOWER 48 STATES ) ONLY

Story of this Seed:

WE HAVE BEEN GROWING FOUR O'CLOCKS FOR SO LONG I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE THE ORIGINAL PLANTS CAME FROM, BUT THEY PROBABLY WERE FROM MY GRANDMOTHER. I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER HAD LARGE MASS PLANTINGS THROUGHOUT THEIR GARDENS.

Growing Tips:

THESE ARE VERY HARD SEEDS. SOAK THE SEEDS IN ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER FOR SEVERAL HOURS UP TO OVERNIGHT. A LITTLE SCARIFICATION WILL ALSO HELP. PLACE ONE SEED PER CELL CONTAINING PREMOISTENED POTTING MEDIUM. VERY LIGHTLY COVER WITH ADDITIONAL SOIL, LIGHTLY PRESS TO ENSURE GOOD SEED TO SOIL CONTACT BUT DO NOT BURY DEEP. WATER WELL AND PLACE IN A WARM LOCATION.

ONCE THE SEEDLINGS REACH SEVERAL INCHES HIGH WITH SEVERAL SETS OF LEAVES, PLANT IN DESIRED LOCATION. MORNING SUN WITH AFTERNOON SHADE IS WHAT OUR PLANTS LIKE.

SEEDS CAN ALSO BE DIRECT SOWED INTO THE GROUND.