|
Let's read about this Annual Flower
|
 |
 |
|
Press the Flower Child and see all the photos for this plant.
|
MIRABILIS
. Four-o'clock (Marvel-of-peru)
(Name
from mirabilis, wonderful, or some say shortenedform
of Admirabilis)
The Four-o'clocks
are well known and were favorites with our grandmothers,
just as they are admired by us today. The flowers remain
closed until late afternoon, hence the name Four-o'clock.
They are white, crimson, violet, yellow and striped.
The plants are 2 feet tall, and during a season produce
hundreds of blooms, starting in late Summer and continuing
until cut down by frost.
UTILIZE.
Four-o'clocks are useful for temporary hedges between
the flower and vegetable gardens. A few plants will
fill the bare spaces found, in so many cases, between
the house foundations and the walk leading to the backyard.
In beds by themselves they are also attractive, but
the range of colors is peculiar and difficult to combine
with some other annuals.
GENERAL.
The plants often self-sow. Otherwise sow the seeds thinly
in the row where they are to grow as soon as danger
from frost is passed, or else start them earlier in
a sunny window or hotbed, and plant out when the trees
are in leaf, setting them 1 to 9. feet apart. The plants
produce rather tuberous roots, which may be dug and
stored over Winter, and produce plants of great size
when set out in Spring. Seldom do Four-o'clocks come
perfectly true from seed but vary greatly, often several
colors of bloom are found on the same plant.
Information
on 50+ annual flowers
|
