Comments on: The Magic Primrose http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/07/16/the-magic-primrose/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M Sinclair Stevens http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/07/16/the-magic-primrose/comment-page-1/#comment-479 M Sinclair Stevens Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:34:43 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=446#comment-479 I've been watching the heat wave elsewhere with surprise. We had some awful days in the 105s the last week of June and the first week of July. It was real August weather for us. But this last week we've had thunderstorm after thunderstorm which dropped a couple of inches of rain and cooled us down to the mid-90s. You'd think it was September and that our version of fall had arrived. Drink plenty of iced tea and don't try to do too much in the heat. I’ve been watching the heat wave elsewhere with surprise. We had some awful days in the 105s the last week of June and the first week of July. It was real August weather for us. But this last week we’ve had thunderstorm after thunderstorm which dropped a couple of inches of rain and cooled us down to the mid-90s. You’d think it was September and that our version of fall had arrived.

Drink plenty of iced tea and don’t try to do too much in the heat.

]]> By: cyndy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/07/16/the-magic-primrose/comment-page-1/#comment-476 cyndy Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:14:26 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=446#comment-476 I love the evening primrose..I aquired my first one from a swap-and it re-seeds itself. It moves around my garden from time to time, but the best part is watching those blossoms open in the evening. Within moments, the moths arrive! It is magic! I love the evening primrose..I aquired my first one from a swap-and it re-seeds itself. It moves around my garden from time to time, but the best part is watching those blossoms open in the evening. Within moments, the moths arrive!
It is magic!

]]> By: jenn http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/07/16/the-magic-primrose/comment-page-1/#comment-475 jenn Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:23:48 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=446#comment-475 Oo. Can we do a seed swap? I have two of the low-growing varieties of oenothera, one with serrated leaves and one with smooth, both of which bloom in the evening with that mesmerizing unfurl. I'd be happy to trade you seeds of either or of both for this plant! (I also have the very weedy species oenothera sundrops, which I have never let out of a pot, but which does quite well there. I don't let these go to seed, for obvious reasons - it's a ground runner.) Oo. Can we do a seed swap? I have two of the low-growing varieties of oenothera, one with serrated leaves and one with smooth, both of which bloom in the evening with that mesmerizing unfurl.

I’d be happy to trade you seeds of either or of both for this plant!

(I also have the very weedy species oenothera sundrops, which I have never let out of a pot, but which does quite well there. I don’t let these go to seed, for obvious reasons – it’s a ground runner.)

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