Will have to google this flower; never heard of it. Looks like a combination of several flowers. Is it in the impatient family? Could almost pass for dianthus. Love the colors.

Its in the Evening Primrose family, it's also known as Clarkia.

I just bought seeds from Cheap Seeds on Amazon, I also bought mexican hat, and blanket flower. Free shipping!

Thanks Neal..I knew it looked familiar, like it might be in dianthus family, then impatients.

I finally wintersowed godetia this year, first time trying it. I see T+M lists it as a hardy annual. Is it going to bolt as soon as the hot weather arrives? Will it flower in part shade?

Karen

Karen, I have found godetia really needs full sun for blooms and yes, they do bolt when the hot weather arrives. They will self-sow, so if you find a nice spot, you will have them for years to come

Thanks, Joanne. But I wonder how your zone 3 foreign language translates to my zone 6 language in terms of "full sun" and "hot weather". I think we might be talking to one another in different "tongues"

Karen

Wow. Those are pretty! Never heard of them before. Wonder if I can find some seeds.....
BHG Encyclopedia says they like cool summers, Karen, so maybe "full sun" in your area isn't the best place for them!

That's what I was thinking, why I asked if they need full sun to bloom. Maybe I'll try a few here and there, different locations. See what works, if anything.

I had a gardenweb friend who grew them in eastern WA, somewhere near Spokane. Hers seemed to bloom most of the summer. And she said her summers were hot and dry.

Karen

That's my general neck of the woods. We're just 40 miles north of Spokane. Gets pretty nasty for about 3 weeks in July/August, and it's definitely DRY! I have to water my pots morning and night.

I guess I'll find out.

Karen

You could direct seed them into a container, then move it to the best location depending on the weather.
They definitely do not like to be transplanted. I grow them in part sun and part shade positions.

Hee hee, I just ordered some seeds, so I guess I'll see, too! Assuming I can clear out enough of the weeds to find a place to plant them.

I think I'll try them in the raised bed that my salpiglossis liked so much.

Mine were wintersowed, still small seedlings in a milk jug.

People also say that poppies can't be transplanted. Worked fine for me. If they croak, they won't be the first plants I've killed.

Karen

Poppies are about the only thing I haven't had much luck with transplanting. But with a big enough clump, some of them are bound to make it! And I'm going to try starting these Godetia in pots, too. We shall see how they fare! Ha! With something like 10,000 seeds in the packet (as advertised), I should have plenty to experiment with!

I have always known them as Clarkia and we grew them in MIchigan. I haven't had much luck with them here in GA.

There are a lot of flowers called clarkia
http://garden.org/plants/searc...

I grew one once, don't remember if I had another name for it, other than clarkia. Might have been clarkia elegans??? But it wasn't this godetia amoena.


Karen

Yup. I've grown Clarkia pulchella and it looks nothing like those little pretties! Although it''s very nice in its own right.