Today, I am thankful for Mirabilis multiflorus (Wild Four O'clock), the soon-to-be latest addition to my garden.
I ordered six from my favorite mail order gardening center, High Country Gardens. I chose this plant for several reasons:
- it grows well in our Colorado clay soil
- it's very pretty, bearing hundreds of magental pink flowers when mature
- it's extremely xeric, deer and rabbit resistent (a requirement of any front yard plant when you live in the Rocky Mountain foothills), and loves sun and heat
I think I'll plant three in the front yard, two in the backyard and give one to my neighbor and fellow gardening enthusiast, Kathleen.
For this blessing, I am grateful.
Amen.
1 comment:
I too, am grateful for Miribilis Multiflorus. I live in Southern Utah and it is one f the few plants that can grow in my clay soil. It also happens to be the nickname that we have given my family.
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