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Early Season Primroses - Page 2


© Gregg Pasterick
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Mar 2, 2004


Yellow Evening Primrose is a less common species, growing in washes, on sandy plains and dune margins. It is stemless, nearly hugging the ground below, and its hairy leaves get as long as 5". The petals are about 1 and ½" long, and notched. The flowers open in the evening, turning purplish with age.

Field Evening Primrose, which gets no taller than about 8", has much smaller flowers, only up to about ½" wide. The petals may or may not have a prominent red dot at the base of the petals.

Some of these flowers are very fragrant, and it's always fun to watch those that open at dusk do so - open, that is. They add a bright splash of yellow, or a snowy dab of white to the rainbow of desert blossoms opening in March.

"Early Season Primroses" (c) 2004 Gregg M. Pasterick - All Rights Reserved.

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2.   Mar 8, 2004 2:08 PM
In response to message posted by biogardener:

Sounds lovely...

The Evening Primrose common to the east sometimes ...

-- posted by greggpasterick
1.   Mar 6, 2004 6:54 PM
The only primrose I know is the fragrant evening primrose which grows in gardens in Germany. I remember walking in German cities after dark and enjoying the lovely perfume. The color also seems to b ...

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