Four o'clock flowers boast fragrant, tubular-shaped blooms in various colors and patterns. Sometimes, blossoms of different shades appear on the same plant. However, their most special trait is their ...

Main care requirements include keeping the plants consistently moist, providing full sun, feeding them throughout the growing season, and pruning to maintain health. They are hardy in zones 9-11.

Four o'clock plants (Mirabilis jalapa) truly live up to their name. They got their moniker from the fact that their flowers don't open until late afternoon and last into the night. The plants are also ...

When we moved into our house, it came with a half-acre yard. Thirty years passed and before we realized, our trees grew into towering giants encompassing our back yard. The four-o’clock turns out to ...