Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrosa

          Desert Four O’Clocks, Wishbone Plant

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Horticultural Notes

3 – 4’+ x 18″ – 2′

Desert Four O’clock is a spreading and mounding perennial herb with white flowers in spring.  Plants are summer deciduous and with first rains slender stems lined with 1 – 1 1/2″ ovate leaves that are rough or hairy textured.  Flowers open in the morning and again later in the day.