strong>Four O’Clocks – Scented Peach Sunset – Mirabilis jalapa Perennial (grown as an annual)- Fragrant Four O’Clocks bloom in the afternoons and early evenings at midsummer, releasing a soft jasmine fragrance that floats on summer breezes. This special variety is from the Czech Republic and offers home gardeners starry, 2 inch trumpet-shaped blossoms in a shade matching the color of perfectly ripe peaches. Plant these lovely easy-to-grow, branching flowers where you sit or walk to enjoy their delicious perfume just when other flowers begin to languish in the heat.
Variety Details
Botanical name:Mirabilis jalapa
Growth habit: Upright
Crop category: Flower seed
Flower character: Perennial (grown as an annual)- Fragrant Four O’Clocks bloom in the afternoons and early evenings at midsummer, releasing a soft jasmine fragrance that floats on summer breezes.
Recorded feature: Fragrant
Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
Soil Temperature: above 50°F
Planting Depth: 1/2″
Germination: 7-10 Days
Height At Maturity: 3- 31/2 feet
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Spacing After Thinning: 10″
Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for ‘Scented Peach Sunset’ Heirloom Four O’Clock and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.
Place ‘Scented Peach Sunset’ Heirloom Four O’Clock where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.
