Garden Affair : Four o' clock

 

Autumn is cooler this year with unprecedented rains  that has brought down temperature drastically and it feels like early phase of  winter rather than  Autumn season . 

While summer annuals are at their peak of blooms it is the Four O clock blooms that is omnipresent in  my Autumn Garden of this year. 

Four O clock or Mirabilis Jalapa is a semi perennial that grows well in my region. Interestingly, Four o clock has got its name owing to  its blooming time when flowers blooms in  late afternoon  around four o clock and blooms  remain till night .  

                                                                        

How to grow Four O' clock and How to take care of the plants 

                                                                            

Four o clock is an easy to grow plant through dispersal of seeds. It has a sucker root shaped alike a black carrot which can be transplanted and can be divided  to grow  and multiply plant accordingly.  

                                                                  Four o' clock Root

They are hardy drought resistant plants that are capable to adapt in any soil . They need full to partial sunlight for blooming season.                                                                                                                 

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