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Common Evening Primrose-oenothera biennis – although this is not a true native species it is widely naturalised and makes a nice addition to the wildlife garden. Common Evening Primrose is a tall species with soft yellow flowers that are fragrant at night and appear from June to September. In the wild it grows best on bare open ground in full sun and can be included in garden flower borders.

How to grow Common Evening Primrose Seeds
Common Evening Primrose seeds should be sown in spring or autumn, either outside, where they are to flower, or in seed trays and covered lightly with compost. Common Evening Primrose seeds are usually easy to germinate and seedlings can be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year.


To buy Common Evening Primrose seeds
To purchase Common Evening Primrose seeds, please select a quantity above and click add to cart. To ensure the best chance of success, we sell all of our wildflower seeds by weight, which ensures each wildflower seed packet contains a good quantity of seeds. The recommended sowing rate is 1 gram per square metre. All of our Wildflower seed packets contain seeds of Native British provenance.


Summary
type -biennial,
colour - Yellow,
height - 75 to 150cms, flowers June, July, August, September,
habitat - Very dry Sandy Soil, Bare, Open Ground (eg Arable field margins, disturbed, waste ground),