Missouri Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpaMissouri Primrose is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms yellow in Apr–Aug. Good for hummingbirds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow sprawling perennial with narrow leaves and very large clear yellow flowers opening in the evening.
Why it works here
Enormous flowers on a plant that needs nothing, and it drapes over a wall or a bed edge beautifully.
Watch out
Needs drainage. The papery winged seedpods are large and some find them untidy.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Aug · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on calcareous, dry, gravelly, loam, rocky, sand
- Deer
- Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Occasional browsing on buds.
- Wildlife
- Supports hummingbirds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
514 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.