Spinning Evening Primrose

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Aug 24, 2007 11:33 am

Does anyone grow this? Have trouble with it being invasive?

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Aug 25, 2007 12:25 pm

Most evening primrose is verrrrry invasive. I have not heard of "spinning", though...

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Aug 25, 2007 2:35 pm

Don't know about the spinnng variety, but I had one evening primrose about 20 years ago, now I'm forever pulling out seedlings.

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Aug 26, 2007 9:16 pm

Think I am gonna skip this one!! I was given a start, but I just keep reading bad things.

Post by **Chris_W** » Aug 27, 2007 12:42 am

I've never heard of spinning evening primrose so I typed it into google and the only thing that came up about it was this thread

I have the low growing, bright lemon yellow Missouri primrose and love it. Although there are a few seedlings the roots do not spread underground but are a long tap root like a carrot. It is simple and easy to grow and blooms a long time.

Yes, the pink evening primrose is a nasty plant. Right up there with Chameleon plant and snow on the mountain (Aegopodium).

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Aug 27, 2007 8:18 am

This a tall variety. About 5-6 ft tall. Oenothera biennis I think. The flowers are yellow and spin when they open in the evenings. Kids really think they are neat to watch!

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Aug 27, 2007 10:16 am

We have the pink variety and they are planted up on the top of the south bed and have creeped all the way downward to the grass below even though we keep the sprayed with roundup.

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Aug 27, 2007 8:27 pm

The Oenothera is the only one I know and is what I have. Nice plant, but be prepared for lots of seedlings.

I was sent some Yellow Moonflower seeds and grew them until I found they were, disappointingly, oenothera, they went into the bin.

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Aug 28, 2007 10:22 pm

I put the plant in the trash! I don't want something I will be fighting with!!