Sep 19, 2022 · Pink evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa) offers low-maintenance pink blooms and edible leaves but spreads easily and must be planted selectively.

Sep 16, 2022 · Pink evening primrose is Oenothera speciosa and is also sometimes called showy evening primrose and pink ladies. It is native to the southeastern U.S. and is considered an attractive wildflower in many locations.

Mar 1, 2025 · Pink evening primrose does not belong in your garden. Here's what Grumpy has to say about planting Oenothera speciosa and what to plant instead.

1-2 inch 4 petaled pink to white cup-shaped flowers with pink to red veins and yellow throats are borne solitary in the leaf axils on hair stems. They can either be day or evening blooming depending on what part of the country.

Oenothera speciosa is a species in the evening primrose family known by several common names, including pinkladies, pink evening primrose, showy evening primrose, Mexican primrose, and buttercups (not to be confused with true buttercups in the genus Ranunculus).

Pink Evening Primrose is an upright to sprawling perennial, which spreads to form extensive colonies. Foliage is usually linear to lance-shaped. The large, four-petaled solitary flowers grow from leaf axils on slender downy stems.

Compact and floriferous, Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou' (Evening Primrose) is a neat perennial featuring masses of large, 2 in. across (5 cm), saucer-shaped, rose-pink flowers adorned with a white center and a greenish yellow throat.

Oenothera speciosa, commonly called white evening primrose, features fragrant, bowl-shaped, four-petaled, white flowers (to 2-3” diameter) with yellow anthers that bloom from the upper leaf axils in spring (May-July). Flowers often mature to rosy pink as noted by this plant’s additional common names of pink evening primrose and pink ladies.

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