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4 o'Clocks Danger! (pictures warning)

patlovesdirt
14 years ago

Taking a break from the garden overhauling, I wanted to caution anyone who has an opportunity to plant 4 o'clocks: Run the other way and don't look back, lol! 4 o'clocks is a plant from my childhood, so I was delighted when I was given a plant for my garden years and years ago. Fushia flowers that smell heavenly, like orange blossoms. They close up during the day. The plants are large and sprawly and really not very attractive, with long, knobby stems.

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The large bed I'm working in is overrun with these.

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Rip them out and they're back the next day, like some alien plant form. And they reseed like crazy! Only way to get rid of them is to dig down a couple feet and get the tuber. Get them out before they form seeds!

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