Evening Primrose - Oenothera biennis - Organic Heirloom Flowering Herb - 100 seeds Pterocarpus Leaves turn bronze in winter

Leaves turn bronze in winter

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

Equally easy to grow potted or outdoors

with a conic crown with level branches and variably pendulous branchlets

Evening Primrose - Oenothera biennis - Organic Heirloom Flowering Herb - 100 seeds Pterocarpus Leaves turn bronze in winterStunning 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