Four O'Clocks

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Quick Overview

Sometimes called "Marvel of Peru," these bulbs will produce low-growing, bushy plants with flowers in several colors on the same plant. (Mirabilis jalapa)

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Details

SKU	27BULB5
Botanical Name	Mirabilis jalapa
Common Name	Four O'Clocks
Ships As	Bulb, Rhizome, Tuber
Plant Type/Life Cycle	Perennial
Primary Flower Color	Mixed
Bloom Time	Early summer until frost
Light Requirements	Full Sun, Mostly Sunny, Half Sun / Half Shade
Bulb Spacing	10 bulbs per sq. ft.
Planting Season	Spring, Summer
Planting Depth	Plant 2" to 3" deep
Estimated Mature Height	20-24" tall
Soil Moisture	Average, Moist/Wet, Well Draining
Will Tolerate	Loamy Soil
Zones	7, 8, 9, 10
Additional Advantages	Can be grown as annuals in zones 2-6.

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Description

Here's a favorite from your grandmother's garden. Four O'Clocks are world famous, and sometimes called the 'Marvel of Peru'. They are native in Peru, and the 'Marvel' part is because these short, bushy plants open lovely tubular flowers in several colors--the same plant may have two or three colors in bloom at any given time. These fascinating flowers can be grown from seed, but with our bulbs (which form in time when you plant the seed), they grow much more quickly, giving you months more of the flowers. Simply lift the bulbs in fall like dahlias, and replant for more flowers the next spring.'

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9/26/2011

4.0

Gorgeous plant

By Aren

from Reno, NV

Comments about Four O'Clocks:

Bloomed within a few months of planting. Grew so tall I had to stake it! I haven't seen different bloom colors on the same plant, but the magenta, pink and yellow blooms on the individual plants are beautiful

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