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How to Grow

Water
Medium


Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun


3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Perennials, Annual, Perennial, Poisonous, Perennial herb to 1(–2) m. tall; roots tuberous.
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
Flower
flowers opening late in the afternoon or in very cloudy weather, white to red, yellow or striped, tubular and trumpet-like, 5-lobed, Flowers purple, magenta, yellow or white, opening in late afternoon
Fruit
fruit leathery, 5-ribbed, Anthocarp subglobose to ellipsoid, 7–8 mm. long, black.
Benefits
Attracts
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Songbirds
Taxonomy
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Genus
Mirabilis