Oenothera stricta 'Sulphurea'

Chilean evening primrose

• Position: full sun or light shade
• Soil: poor to moderately-fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May to September
• Flower colour: creamy yellow
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Reliably flowering for many months, this showy evening primrose may be short-lived, but it usually self-seeds very freely, so you will get plenty of new plants in subsequent years. It produces large, pale yellow, almost cream flowers that will open in the evening and fill the air with their incredible, heady scent. Native to rocky slopes in Chile, it is very tolerant of poor soils and is generally very easy to grow.
  
  
• Garden care: Protect the young foliage from slug damage using beer traps or environmentally-friendly slug pellets.
  
  It is worth keeping in mind that these plants are short-lived so although they usually self-seed freely, the plant will usually only live for a year or two.
  • Eventual Height: 0.75m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.45m
  Oenothera stricta 'Sulphurea' - Chilean evening primrose Large, very pale yellow flowers

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