Other common names
coffee plant, fever plant, field primrose, four o'clock, German rampion, large rampion, night willowherb, scabbish, scurvish, wild four o'clock, cure-all
Synonyms
Oenothera odorata Hook. & Arn., Oenothera stucchii, Oenothera rubricaulis, Oenothera glabra Miller, Oenothera pycnocarpa, Oenothera paradoxa, Oenothera ersteinensis
Annual Biennial
A hairy annual or biennial usually grown as a binennial, to 1.5m, with a large basal rosette of slightly sticky, oblong red-veined mid-green leaves and long, leafy racemes of bowl-shaped, fragrant, yellow flowers which open in the evening in summer and autumn; evening primrose oil produced from seeds
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Types
Loam, Sand
Max Height
1-1.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres