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Sep 27, 2014 4:04 PM CST
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Is it even possible that this is a fuchsia that came up by itself at an abandoned house in Pittsburgh??
The flowers are closed but they are obviously tubular and believe me they are a deep hot pink when in the sun!

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Sep 27, 2014 4:06 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Looks like Four o'Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) to my eyes.
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Sep 27, 2014 4:08 PM CST
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Wow, you were RIGHT there when I posted!!!
I'll look that up -
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Sep 27, 2014 4:13 PM CST
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You may be right.
I think the seeds from mine are larger than the seeds in the post by @flaflwrgrl
But @zencat has that shot of the hummingbird that looks REALLY right.

And Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa) says zone 7!!!!
This plant came up on a northeast facing wall of a house on a north facing hill!!

I'll leave the question open to others until I'm sure.
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Sep 27, 2014 4:21 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Critter, Four O'clocks are considered an annual in far northern zones; but the plants readily set seeds; so, save those seeds for next season. Green Grin!

And, I've seen seeds of all sizes on M. jalapa
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Sep 27, 2014 5:11 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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I say that's Four O'clock. No doubt about it. Lucky you finding fuchsia ones! My seed photo was of the seeds from a package I had bought @ Dollar Store & no doubt were not "the pick of the litter" so I'm not surprised your seeds are larger but the seeds are very distinctive in shape.
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Sep 27, 2014 5:53 PM CST
Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)
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I also recognized those seeds as M. jalapa. Pretty plant; good find!
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Sep 27, 2014 9:25 PM CST
Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)
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No doubt about it, that IS Mirabilis jalapa. Good find!
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Sep 27, 2014 9:27 PM CST
Name: Cheryl
North of Houston TX (Zone 9a)
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On that note and slightly off topic, I always have spare seeds from my fuchsia 4 O'clocks. If anyone wants seeds, Tree Mail me.
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Sep 27, 2014 9:35 PM CST
Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
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Yes, that looks EXACTLY like the one (!) Four O'Clock that I was able to germinate out of 12 seeds... and which actually opens its flowers at more like 10:00 (a.m.), not 4:00 !! Rolling my eyes.
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Sep 27, 2014 9:43 PM CST
Name: Cheryl
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Funny, Sandy. Mine open up around 6 pm. I wonder what time zone they are on?? The flowers smell divine! The plant forms huuuuuge bulbs, some larger than a cantaloupe! My seeds self-germinate and I am constantly pulling up volunteers.
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Sep 27, 2014 9:48 PM CST
Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
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"The plant forms huuuuuge bulbs"

Yes, I've read that they make big tubers -- I wonder if I could over-winter them like dahlias? (Mine is in a pot this year, so I'm not at all sure that it has much in the way of tubers, but for future reference...)
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Sep 28, 2014 6:05 AM CST
Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
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Yep, it Four O'Clocks for sure.
I collect seeds from several places in and around Savannah, that pink color is popular here; offer them for trade during the Piggy Seed Swap on Cubits.
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Sep 28, 2014 6:07 AM CST
Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)
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Mine overwintered just fine in the ground. We get frozen ground in winter and these came back. I never saved any seeds tho.
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Sep 28, 2014 6:13 AM CST
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Well OK then!
Mirabilis it is!
I'm still astonished to have found it on that seriously exposed North wall!!
It survived, either as seed or bulb the polar vortex winter that killed all my buddleia (lower zone tolerance in more protected area)!

And you betcha I'm saving seeds!
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Sep 28, 2014 6:24 AM CST
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greene said:Yep, it Four O'Clocks for sure.
I collect seeds from several places in and around Savannah, that pink color is popular here; offer them for trade during the Piggy Seed Swap on Cubits.


I only have 5 seeds!!! Hilarious!
But after I grow it here next year, I'll have more!
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Sep 28, 2014 7:25 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Four O'clocks became very invasive at our old house. Some of the tubers do get really huge and very heavy. We dug out many of them a few years ago that spread about 8 feet from our fence out to the street and through the side and back yard along the entire length of the backyard. They sure were pretty but began to take over and cover other shorter plants killing them out. We had lots of the dark pink variety but there were hundreds and hundreds of the white flowering ones which seemed to get a lot taller and the tubers were a lot larger also. These are some of the smaller tubers that we dug up and a photo of the pink variety:
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Sep 28, 2014 7:35 AM CST
Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
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Lin, it wouldn't take Mother Nature long to completely take over Florida if the residents didn't keep fighting her back! (ditto for the other southern states as well...)
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Sep 28, 2014 7:40 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Weedwhacker said:It wouldn't take Mother Nature long to completely take over Florida if the residents didn't keep fighting her back!
I agree I've lived in Florida for 47 years and it's a never ending battle ... and don't even get me started on the subject of weeds! Grumbling
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Sep 28, 2014 7:41 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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True, true.
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