Clarkia Species, Atlasflower, Farewell-to-Spring

My "Aurora" provides beautiful creamy salmom-pink flowers that are very long-lasting.

I grew these from seed in my garage under grow lights. Planted them in April, out they went into the yard around the third week in May, ...Read Moreand they went nuts covered with flowers in late July. Formed huge bushes with woody stems, around 20" tall and the same diameter. They seem to need help staying upright, but other than that, they have filled my garden with vibrant color when other things are fading. Full sun, average water and soil.

Beautiful flowers; the only problem I had was that the Japanese beetles liked them better than anything else in my garden - even my roses...Read More. Once I realized they were being eaten up I sprayed them religously and they did recover.

Lovely flowers, but you must be patient while waiting for them to bloom! I sowed these in late Jan and they didn't geminate until March o...Read Morer so, then they grew and grew and had buds on them that looked like they were about to bloom any day. Mine finally bloomed around June 6th, during a heat wave, and they're the dominant wildflower at the moment.

Interesting, perhaps unique...I have one solitary plant that has absolutely pure white blooms. The rest are the standard swirled pinks and hot pinks.