Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Plant Height: | 2 to 4 feet |
Plant Spread: | 3-4 feet |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Nocturnal |
Flower Color: | Orange Pink Red White Yellow Multi-Color: Some species bear several colors of flowers on a single plant |
Bloom Size: | 2"-3" |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall Fall |
Underground structures: | Tuber |
Uses: | Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Tolerates dry shade |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous Other: Seeds are poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Needs specific temperature: 65 to 85° Days to germinate: 7 to 21 Sow in situ Start indoors Other info: self-seeds |
Propagation: Other methods: | Other: tubers |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
piksihk | On October 5, 2018 | Obtained plant White |
piksihk | On May 4, 2018 | Bloomed |
piksihk | On May 29, 2017 | Bloomed |
chelle | On May 29, 2015 | Transplanted Saved, sprouted tubers planted out. |
chelle | On May 25, 2015 | Plant emerged (Est. date) Seedlings observed, but only two so far...out of (possibly) hundreds of dropped seeds from last year's plants. |
chelle | On October 20, 2014 | Miscellaneous Event Collected last batch of seeds, pulled plants, saved four tubers for winter storage experiment. |
chelle | On October 3, 2014 | Harvested Collected seed from fuchsia pink. |
MrsBinWY | On April 18, 2020 | Seeds germinated 3; all 9 germinated |
MrsBinWY | On April 12, 2020 | Seeds sown 3 pots with 3 seeds each from 2016G |
AndreA33 | On May 10, 2016 | Seeds germinated |
AndreA33 | On April 20, 2016 | Seeds sown |
WebTucker | On October 15, 2021 | Fruit Ripened |
WebTucker | On October 8, 2021 | Bloomed |
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