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I can't believe all these positive reviews! They form just huge tubers that grow so deep down it is almost impossible to dig them out. ...Read More
I don't understand the negative comments. I have grown this plant in central Missouri for years. I bought the original plant from a gro...Read More
This plant is extremely invasive !!!! Water , No water , Sun, No sun, Extreme heat, Extreme cold (or as cold as it gets in zone 9, Florid...Read More
When I first moved here, bought a house, and began gardening, I was seduced by the name "Marvel of Peru" and the lovely photos in garden ...Read More
I got one plant from a friend, it now has turned into 1 million of them. It doesn't need any watering.
Is it edible?
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I live on the Western Australian coast, in a region that's notorious for it sandy soil. I had a plant pop up next to my back fence which ...Read More
i have attempted to grow 4 oclocks from seed, but due to the last few winters being very unusual up here, i have had little luck. last s...Read More
Some of my plants came up solid fuschia, but most came up streaked. They do indeed bloom late in the evening.
My 4'o' clocks are doing very well, even though I set the seeds out right before the rare exstermly hard frost they are undaunted and are...Read More
Vigorous reseeders, haven't noticed a fragrance but my yellows were taken over by the fuschia; perhaps only the yellow are fragrant? Eas...Read More
This beauty just appeared in my garden 2 years ago. In the autumn I collected the little black pea like seeds and started them off the fo...Read More
This plant wintersowed well. Plants put out an abundance of flowers. I haven't noticed much of a scent though. I have them in containe...Read More
I planted one of these from seed (Burpees) next to my west-facing front door four years ago, and it has come up from its root, perrenial ...Read More
These plants are easily overwintered in climates where they are not hardy. Just dig up the tubers around the first frost date, throw them...Read More
Four O'Clock is not hardy in zone 5, but is easily grown as an annual. The flowers open in the morning and evening, and are so fragrant ...Read More
My own notes: Sometimes "Quatro en Punto" in Spanish. In the summer heat mine are barely a 10 o' clock, but stay open all day in cool fa...Read More
My method for fourty years is to weed them where they ain't wanted and to leave them where nothing else will grow. And they will grow in ...Read More
These grow with great vigor in northern Wisconsin. I sow them directly into the ground right around Memorial day. I have not found that...Read More
It's a beautiful flower but it's not a Four O´Clock flower but Half past Six flower in my case (Northern Spain, with warm Summers)
Blooms better in poor soil with regular watering.
Sand at our location E-Tx and clay in NW Ar.
I grow from seed plants with yellow flowers and plants with red/fuchsia flowers and although both varieties are fragant the yellow one is...Read More
The flowers on this plant are really quite pretty but its not a "4 O'clock" for me its an "8 O'clock". So I rarely get to see it open...Read More
I started these plants from tubers that I bought at the local hardware store. First time I'd ever seen them like that. The tubers were a...Read More
Pretty easy to grow. I haven't seen them bloom yet. This was my first year starting them. With a Name 4 O'clock...I would assume they ope...Read More
I have grown the broken color (pink & yellow) version of "Four O' Clocks" for 3 seasons now sucessfully here in Zone 6b, so-it can withst...Read More
Hi! I used to live in Queens, NYC where a neighbor had it growing in the front yard. It was small, maybe no higher than 15 in. But now I ...Read More
I've just read that four o'clocks are a trap plant for Japanese Beetles. Apparently the plant attracts them, but once the bugs eat the p...Read More
Fragrant night bloomers! Plant near your bedroom window or patio/porch where you can enjoy them in the evenings. Very easy to care for -...Read More
This plant is a native of Mexico.
In my experience, these open during warm months at about 3-4 pm in the afternoon (hence ...Read More
Flowers open in the early evening, so plant where you will see them at dusk.