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Common name: "Evening Primrose" or "Gumbo Lily"
Latin name:
Oenothera caespitosa

Gumbo Lily Evening Primrose - Oenothera caespitosa
Zone: 4 - 8
Elevation to:
7500'
Growth habit:
Clump forming

Max height:
4" - 8"
Spread: 8"
Flowers: Yes, June - Sept

Flower type: Cup shaped
Native to area: Yes
Available varieties: 5+
Sunshine:
Water: Pictured Perennial: Gumbo Lily
Oenothera caespitosa
Perennial Cultivation: This variety of Evening Primrose is a Colorado native plant that can be found growing in fields or slopes at lower elevations. This easy to grow clump forming perennial produces and abundance of pink flower for most of the growing season.

Plant Evening Primrose in full sun in well drained soil. They tolerate poor soils and drought extremely well. The fragrant white to pinkish blush flowers open late in the afternoon and usually close by noon the next day. 

Propagation:
Seed can be sown in individual pots in a cold frame or greenhouse and moved outdoors after danger of frost has passed, or purchase pre-started plants at your local Garden Center. Space new container grown plants 8" - 12" apart. Oenothera caespitosa grows a large tap root which makes the plant very difficult to divide once established.

Potential pests ~ diseases:
Mildews or root rot if kept to wet.

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