What is this flower?

[jojo54]

I moved here to BC last year and this was my first year gardening here. There were a number of perennials here from the previous owner most of which I either knew or had grown in Saskatchewan. I just joined this website and have a flower that was unknown to me. Does anyone know what it is?

 

[lesa]

Someone gave me those out of her garden and called them 4o'clocks... I know they don't match the ones that Joe has in Florida. But, that is what I have always called them...

 

[patandchickens]

Some kind of evening primrose (Oenothera spp)?

Pat

 

[injunjoe]

jojo54

Pat nailed it!

Happy to have you on board. Nice first post, a picture and all!
I love pictures!

Don't mind me I'm here for the FUN part of gardening!

Joe

 

[jojo54]

Thank you. Glad to be aboard. I belong to a sister site BYC and love it. I've been a plant lover and gardener much longer than I've been a chicken lover. Anytime we go on holidays, plants and nature pics are number 1. :tools :watering

 

[digitS']

Welcome to TEG, JoJo !

We'll have Bills along here directly to keep you company. He's on Vancouver Island and I'll include his avatar just for fun.

Steve

 

[Lavender2]

... jojo

Yep, on the flower ID... We call them Sundrops.

Ha... I never really thought about that name, they do look like a drop of sun ... Love 'em!

 

[PunkinPeep]

Welcome to TEG!

Pretty flowers! :happy_flower

 

[cwhit590]

Welcome!

I agree w/ Pat on the plant ID too.

 

[Greensage45]

Hey there Jojo,

Welcome to TEG !

I sure wish our native wild primrose was so proper and well displayed. Isn't that yellow just incredible. I can see they open and close each day by the new buds popping up. I love flowers like that. We do have a Pink Mexican Primrose that gets very lovely down here:

One of my favorite is the Organ Mountain Primrose which is indigenous to only our local mountains, the Organ Mountains LOL.

Nothing as dramatic as what you have!

Ron