Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon and as an ornamental tree

and as an ornamental tree in gardens

many slender racemes of dull scarlet-red flowers in Winter

Milky-green leaves in rosette

delicious tasting roots are ideal for baking

imposing Cabbage Tree that thrives in hot dry areas

Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon and as an ornamental treeStunning yellow flowers with medicinal properties. Young roots can be eaten like a vegetable (with a peppery flavour), or the shoots can be eaten as a salad. The whole plant was used to prepare an infusion with astringent and sedative properties. It was considered to be effective in healing asthmatic coughs, gastro intestinal disorders, whooping cough and as a sedative pain killer. Poultices containing O. biennis were at one time used to ease bruises