Evening Primrose - Oenothera biennis - Organic Heirloom Flowering Herb - 100 seeds Pterocarpus This genus has many species

This genus has many species but is practically unknown in cultivation except for the more charismatic yellow and orange species

That is why it's often visited by many insects such as bees

Lamb's Ear flowers in late spring and early summer

the juvenile leaves are compound with between 3 and 9 linear leaflets

Leaves turn bronze in winter

Evening Primrose - Oenothera biennis - Organic Heirloom Flowering Herb - 100 seeds Pterocarpus This genus has many speciesStunning 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