Four O?Clock BI-COLOR Mix Mirabilis jalapa FRAGRANT Perennial / Annual

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Bright, colorful blooms create a statement in the spring and summer garden, blooming in all shades of pink, red, yellow and white and with mixed colors creating a striped pattern. Growing to be about 12-36?, this Four O?Clock mixture is an annual but the roots can be lifted in the fall, stored during winter, and re-planted the next spring. This variety is easy to grow and prefers full sun. 

Formula Mix Four O?Clock is an old-time garden favorite which gets its common name from its late afternoon to early morning bloom time. A tender perennial that forms tubers, plants produce handsome, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers that attract birds and butterflies.  Plants are easy to grow and thrive almost anywhere, reseeding readily. The Formula Mix is specially blended to provide a balance of pink, red, rose, white and yellow flowers.

Common Name - Four O'Clock

• Botanical Name - Mirabilis jalapa
• Seed Life Cycle - Tender Perennial
• Light Requirements - Full Sun
• Flower Color - Mixed
• Zones 1 - 10
• Advantages  
• Easy To Grow
• Attract Butterflies
• Attract Hummingbirds
• Attract Birds
• Deer Resistant
• Rabbit Resistant
• Low Maintenance
• Fragrant Flower / Foliage
• Good For Containers
• Groundcover
• Evergreen
• Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks)
• Great For Mass Plantings
• Multiplies / Naturalizes
• Light Requirements - Full Sun
• Mature Plant Size- 12-36" tall
• Bloom Time - Spring to summer
• Plant Information

For a blaze of beautiful afternoon color, plant this mixture. When frost threatens, you can dig the bulbous roots that will have formed, and save them (like dahlias or glads) for next spring.

About the Four O'Clocks or the "Marvel of Peru." This wonderful tropical wildflower has been gracing gardens for centuries. Your grandmother probably grew it and knew the big secret of the older seeds. They are famous for rapid growth and producing glossy-leaved plants having flowers in several colors--on the same plant!

The names tell the story. The blooms open in the afternoon, thus the common name "Four O'Clock." And the botanical name, Mirabilis jalapa should tell you the plant comes from a Spanish-speaking area. "Mirabilis" means "wonderful" in Latin, and the Spanish-appearing "Jalapa" (the j is pronounced as an "h" in Spanish) is a town in Mexico.

Then there's that other common name: "Marvel of Peru." This exotic descriptive name tells you the plants grow wild in the Andes, and the "Marvel" part refers to the fact that they do produce flowers in several colors on the same plant. Seeds were sent to Europe by Spanish explorers in the 1500's.

The potato-like roots. The bulbous roots. Four O'clocks grow rapidly from seed, and another curious thing about this annual is that they quickly form a bulbous root, much like the common potato. In frost-free places (like Miami), they can be left in the ground year-round, and these big roots simply grow larger and larger over the years. Where there are freezes, the "bulbs" can be lifted in fall, and replanted in spring, giving you large, rapidly developing plants and lots of quick color.

Advantages  

Easy To Grow, Attract Butterflies, Attract Hummingbirds, Attract Birds, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Low Maintenance, Fragrant Flower / Foliage, Good For Containers, Groundcover, Evergreen, Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks), Great For Mass Plantings, Multiplies / Naturalizes

HOW TO GROW FOUR O'CLOCK SEEDS

Plant Propagation:

Four O'clock plants are typically grown from large seeds, making them easy to plant. Four O'clock seeds germinate quickly, and grow fast, up to 2-4 feet.

Keep the seed bed moderately moist during germination.

Plant Four O'clock seeds directly into the garden, just before the last frost in your area. Cover seeds with 1/4" of soil. Space plants 12 inches apart and thin to two feet apart.

In addition, Four O'clocks can be propagated by its tubers. Tubers should be dug up in the fall and stored in the dark, in damp peat moss or sand.

Days to Germination: 10 - 15

How to Grow Four O'clock Plants:

Four O'clock prefer full sun, but will tolerate partial shade. Note that in partial shade they may grow lanky. They will do well in rich, well composted soil as they are big eaters. Keep soil moist. Add a general purpose fertilizer once or twice a month to encourage vigorous growth.

Four O'clock fit well in borders, as small hedgerows. Try growing them around your mailbox!

Flowers Bloom: Summer through Fall.