General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Nocturnal
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Many shades of yellow and pink.
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: Seeds are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Other info: This plant self seeds.
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Four o'Clocks
  • Marvel of Peru

Photo Gallery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2012-09-05 
Yes, lots of seed, just two plants in this pic.
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-05-21
party time!
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-09-04
Mirabilis jalapa 'Broken Colors'
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-16
Location: Savannah, Georgia (my garden)
Date: 2015 Sept 2
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: summer 2013
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-10-21
Bi-Color 4 O'clock 005
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-08-01
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-09-08
Mirabilis jalapa 'Broken Colors'
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-07
Location: Savannah, Georgia (my garden)
Date: 2015 September
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2020 August 1
Photogrid of Four O'Clocks
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-08-01
Four o'Clocks 001
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-02-02
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Colorado
Date: 2019-08-06

Credit florum
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: summer 2013

Date: 2007-06-30
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: Purdue gardens Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: Purdue gardens Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA

Credit florum
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
This flowers are beautiful and scented.
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Purdue gardens Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-29
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Modiin Israel
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-10-21
Bi-Color 4 O'clock 004
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-26
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Modiin Israel
Location: Modiin Israel
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-05-06
Ready to plant out
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Plant Events from our members
carlysuko On January 26, 2018 Seeds germinated
carlysuko On January 19, 2018 Seeds sown
After soaking in warm water for 24 hours I was able to peel away the hard outer shell, then planted the seeds.
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