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Four O'Clock, Mix Seeds
Mirabilis jalapa
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Grow a vibrant garden with Four O'Clock Mix Seeds.
Four O'Clock Mix produces fragrant 5 cm (2) trumpet-shaped flowers that open in the late afternoon. It blooms in great varieties of red, yellow, crimson, white, and pink. Many flowers are mottled, striped, veined, or speckled in contrasting colors. Hummingbirds love these flowers. They are also tolerant of poor soil and heat.
- SKU: 143448
- Common Name: Four O'Clock
- Botanical Name: Mirabilis jalapa
Growing Information
Safe
for Bees
Good For Pollinators
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun|Partial Shade
Days to
Germination:
10 - 15 days
Water
Needs:
Light 2.5 cm (1 in / week)
Days to
Maturity:
Best
Container Size:
Growing Height:
50-60 cm (20-24 in)
Key Features
- Plant Type: Flower
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
- Seed Type: Open Pollinated
- Fill Weight (grams): 2 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 12-15
- Characteristics: Attracts hummingbird and songbirds | Fragrant | Easy to grow
- Planting Method: Start Indoors
- Colour: Red, yellow, crimson, white and pink with many mottled, striped, veined and speckled
- Water Needs: Light 2.5 cm (1 in / week)
- Days Until Bloom: 80 - 110 days
- Harvest/Bloom Season: July to Frost
- Landscape Use: Bedding
- Resistance: Deer
- Tolerance: Poor Soil | Heat | Drought
Instructions
Plant the garlic bulb before the ground freezes. Pick a well-drained, rich, organic garden bed to plant into. Plant the pointed end of the clove up, 5-8 cm (2-3 in) deep and 10-15 cm (4-6 in) apart. Lightly cover with soil and water thoroughly. Cover with a layer of mulch such as leaves or straw to provide insulation from fluctuating temperatures in winter and spring. Remove the mulch in early Spring. When the garlic breaks through the soil the following Spring it is recommended to add an all purpose fertilizer.In late Spring snip the scapes from the head of the garlic plant to channel the energy to the bulb formation. Scapes are a delicious early season garlic treat.
- Planting Depth: 1.3 cm (1/2in.)
- Seed Spacing: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
- Plant Spacing: 30 cm (12 in.)
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Flowers only open late in the afternoon making them poor as cut flowers because they may not remain open.
- Pinching back the early flower buds will help your plants to promote more branches and grow bushier. Wait until the plant is 20-25 cm (8-10 in) tall, cut off the top couple 5 cm (2 in) of the plant, directly above a set of leaves. Within a week, you will notice new stems sprouting from where you had cut the plant. This process will also cause the entire plant to branch out even more, giving rise to additional stems. The new stems will be longer because they will grow from the bottom of the plant instead of along the main stem.
- Four O Clock do best in full sun, and can tolerate partial shade, but may grow spindly with reduced blooming.
- Regularly removing spent flowers, known as deadheading will promote continuous blooming and encourage the growth of fresh buds. If you have a large cluster of plants, trimming them by around one-third is a simpler alternative to deadheading.
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