Clarkia
These Californian plants of the Evening Primrose and Fuchsia order are among the prettiest of hardy annuals, robust, of easy culture, and flower for a long time.
Clarkia
( Arianna Clarkia )
Clarkia 'Arianna' is a slender, upright annual, with lance-shaped, mid-green leaves. Bears semi-double, rosette-like flowers, with frilled, wavy petals, in spikes, from summer to early fall. Propagate by seed.
Clarkia amoena Grace Series
Genus: Clarkia
Species: amoena
Cultivar: Grace Series ...
Clarkia
Clarkia elegans (more correctly C. unguiculata) is a branching hardy annual from California which will grow 1 to 3 ft. tall, according to when the seed is sown and the richness of the soil.
Clarkia Unguiculata
Mountain Garland
Clarkia
Native: Yes
Annual
Habitat: Full sun to light shade; dry, well-drained soil. Surface sow or to no more than 1/8" deep. Can tolerate a variety of environmental conditions and will self-sow.
Clarkia pulchella. Pink Fairies.
There are more
Evening Primrose Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Annual, Clarkia Amoena
Godetia is a spring blooming annual flower. It is native to western North America, from British Colombia down to California. Many people consider this easy to grow flower as a wildflower.
Subject : Clarkia
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Godetia, farewell-to-spring (Godetia grandiflora, Clarkia grandiflora, Clarkia amoena)
Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii)
Golden chain (Laburnum species)
Golden clematis (Clematis tangutica)
Golden club (Orontium aquaticum) ...
Clarkia elegans rosea.
Convolvulus tricolor roseus.
Dianthus, Half Dwarf Early Margaret; Dwarf Perpetual; Chinensis.
Gaillardia picta.
Ipomoea coccinea; volubilis.
Matthiola annuus; Blood-red Ten Weeks; grandiflora, Dwarf.
Scotsman David Douglas (1798-1834) collected plants from Hudson Bay to California for the Royal Horticultural Society (London), bringing back many wild flowers (such as Clarkia, Gilia, Mahonia, Mimulus).
Provide for their caterpillars by growing lady's bedstraw, which is also food for the huge elephant hawk moth caterpillar (as are rose bay willowherb, clarkia and fuchsia).
 See also: May, Pink, Green, Rose, Lavender
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