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Oenothera fruticosa Michelle Ploeger - Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa Michelle Ploeger - Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa Michelle Ploeger - Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa Michelle Ploeger - Evening Primrose
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The Oenothera fruticosa 'Michelle Ploeger' is a low-growing perennial plant that has a very long flowering period with wide golden-yellow cups mixed with reddish buds. It is a sun-loving plant that thrives in ordinary soil and is perfectly hardy. It is an essential plant for wild gardens and natural gardens!
The Oenothera fruticosa or Oenothera linearis, commonly known as Linear Evening Primrose, is a species native to eastern North America and belongs to the Onagraceae family. The 'Michelle Ploeger' variety is an upright perennial plant that produces a rosette of basal leaves with hairy and branching stems that are tinged with red. It bears narrow, ovate, and dentate leaves measuring 5 to 12 cm (2 to 5in) long. The unique characteristic of this cultivar is its low-growing habit, which creates a ground-cover effect, and its long-lasting golden-yellow flowering. This Narrow-leaved Evening Primrose reaches a height of 40 cm (16in) with a spread of 30 cm (12in). From May to September, clusters of flowers, with a more or less flattened shape and a diameter of 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2in), bloom in the sun. The flower buds are reddish, but once opened, the flowers are a splendid silky golden-yellow. The flowers only last for one day but continuously succeed each other. This Evening Primrose is a nectar plant that attracts numerous pollinating insects.
This Evening Primrose is a sun-loving perennial plant that thrives in moderately fertile, well-drained soil. It is a carefree plant, with very few requirements and easy to grow. It will be the perfect host for wild gardens and natural gardens. With its light green foliage, reddish stems and flower buds, and its long-lasting beautiful golden-yellow flowers, it will be perfect in a rockery or a flowerbed, on a slope, or even cultivated in a pot or a planter on a terrace or balcony. It will create a stunning effect when combined with perennial flowers with blue blooms. It will be the ideal companion for Agastaches, lavenders, Campanulas with peach-like leaves, blue Thistles, Wood Sages, and Scabious. It can also be paired with bushes such as Perovskia, California Lilac, or Marshmallow.
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The Oenothera fruticosa Michelle Ploeger is a very easy plant, not very demanding, and perfectly hardy. This Evening Primrose appreciates sunny exposures and moderately rich soil, not too dry to moist, well-drained. Once well established, it will tolerate drought quite well. Planting can preferably be done in spring, once spring frosts are no longer to be feared. It is advisable to divide the clumps every three years to keep the plants always floriferous. With low maintenance, it will suffice to remove faded flowers as they appear in order to prolong the flowering and cut back the clump to ground level in October or November. Very resistant to diseases, Evening Primroses, however, do not tolerate excess moisture and show signs of root rot in heavy and damp soil. In the case of heavy and poorly drained soil, it will be necessary, during planting, to ensure improved drainage by lightening the substrate with coarse sand and compost.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.