Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Yellow ), 0 by LindaTX8

LindaTX8 wrote:
This is the River Primrose, also called the Trumpet Evening Primrose, Oenothera jamesii
It's a biennial, 3 to 6 foot tall. Native to Texas, Oklahoma and Mexico, it is found in the wild along streams and other wet areas...riparian habitats. It cannot tolerate complete dryness of the soil. Blooms appear from July to October and open late afternoon to evening. The info I found indicates it needs sunshine. Propagation is by seeds or root division.
In a normal year, it might not be a good choice for my place, which is kept more on the dry side and has little topsoil other than what I've added. But I bought two plants last May when a local chapter of NPSOT participated in an event in San Antonio. Lucky for me, rainfall was really pretty much constant during the summer, so nature provided what I couldn't. Because I had no appropriate place to plant them at the time, I kept them in pots until last month. Then I went into an overgrown jungle-like part of the yard and cleared out two spots for them to be planted. I must say, those blooms are just amazing! I just wish I had something remotely akin to a riparian area to grow these every year. The dry creek area would probably not work, I'm thinking.