This plant grew in my neighbors flowerbed from wild seeds probably from birds. Well, they are coming back up again this Spring and he said that I could dig one up and keep it. I just REALLY want to know what it is!!!! The plant grows to a small type shrub with lots of blooms on it at once. Sorry for the picture quality but it was from my cell phone and the pic was from last year so there are no blooms to take picsof right now. Thanks guys and gals!!!! ;)
Looks like a four O clock to me but its hard to say. Does the flower open in the evening?
Cheryl
Yep it actually does bloom in the evening. Is there a wild type of four O clock that is native here in Texas? I noticed it growing also in my Grandmothers backyard, and these seem to come back even after the last freeze we had so a perennial?
It sure does seem like a bigger plant than a 4 o'clock though, any thoughts? It has to be Native here as my Dad also said he remembered these growing wild in my Great Grandmothers yard YEARS ago.
they self seed really easy.. we had a bed of them growing up when I was a child and we never seeded it..lol..
Thanks yall for the help! I think it is a 4 o'clock now too after looking at some different pictures of them. Infact, I think it might be this type, what do yall think? Mine looks a little more pinkish purple than these though.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1487/
No, it looks just like the common type grown from seed. I think they come from S. America but could be wrong. Up north they are grown as an anual but here they come up from the tuber(root?) and reseed. They are yellow or pink. I might be wrong but the color and flower shape look right for the plant I am talking about.
C
Newton you are correct. Maybe something along this line?
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54744/
Yep that looks right. The only reason I am so certain is that this flower was my mothers favorite. Back home in MI she would plant seeds along all sides of our house and they were beautiful in the evenings. It brings back fond memories for me.
C
I would say it is a four o-clock. I notice that the ones in my mother's garden are coming up, even after the hard freeze. They can lay dormant for years, as hers did, and I think they also come up from the roots, but yes, it very well looks like a four-o'clock. I love the smell of them. Very fragrant, but not overpowering.
