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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)
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
After danger of frost, sow seeds in open ground well exposed. Cover with 6 mm (1/4 in) of soil. When plants are 10 cm (4 in) high, thin.
- 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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Overall rating: 4.818182 / 5 from 11 reviews.
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Reliable and enchanting!
"Taking a chance on these seeds has been a bountiful, beautiful surprise! The foliage is really attractive and lush, and the flowers are just wonderful and fragrant. The colours are electric. I’ve grown several in large pots and they provide some perfect late-summer interest! (The photos were taken at night with the flash, the first evening they bloomed. )"
A flower for early morning persons
"This flower is one part of my nice memories in my childhood and since I 've immigrated to Canada from Iran 5 years ago searched a lot , a lot to find it . and finally I found it here . Thank yo Mckenzie . I love this flower . It's for the night and early morning persons ."
Germinated successfully
"Germinated successfully"
Quick delivery Can’t wait to
"Quick delivery Can’t wait to plant these!"
You had my lovely flower seeds
"I love this flower and searched for it many places and gardens. Fortunately , finally i found it with you. Thanks alot"
Parfait
"Bonne qualité, les plants sont déjà levés et de belle apparence, forts"
Havent planted it yet, awaiting
"Havent planted it yet, awaiting for better weather"
Quality McKenzie !!
"Quality McKenzie !!"
Not sure how they're growing
"The seedlings came up within days (I had used a Burpee peat starter). I planted two other kinds of seeds in the same tray but the 4 o'clocks had some type of white foam on the back of a few of them and on those the leaves had been eaten. It's the first time I've ever grown seeds so was pleased they grew. I've picked off the leaves with the white foam & transplanted them into small pots. Please tell me what the foam is & if I need to do anything else to prevent damage. None of the other flowers were affected (sweet pea & cosmos). Thanks!"
