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Night
blooming plants
and trees depend on nectar eating bats for pollination. The
desert has many night blooming plants thus here they have a
night blooming garden. Many of these
night blooming plants are delightfully fragrant. Night
blooming plants, however, attract nocturnal insects and
animals because they appeal to the highly developed
nighttime senses of the nocturnal animals |
Night blooming
plants have evolved over time so that they release all kinds of
fragrances at night to attract pollinators and so that they also
secret nectar at night, which encourages visits from animals that
are active only at night.
Night Blooming plants are aided
through the practice of organic gardening by enriching the soil.
The following is a
list of plants that will bring your evening garden to life.
Foliage for an
Evening Garden:
Licorice Plant
(Helichrysum petiolare)
- Silver- gray foliage; perennial; zones 7 - 10 depending on species
and variety, full sun 'Helen von Stein' Lamb's Ear (Stachys
byzantina) - Silver-gray, wooly, large leaves; perennial; zones 4 –
8, full sun
‘Flashy Lady’
Dusty Miller (Centaurea gymnocarpa) -
Silver-gray, 36-inch
tall, upright foliage; annual except in zones 7 – 9; full sun
‘Heigh-Ho Silver’
Plectranthus (Plectranthus coleoides) –
Fuzzy, silver gray,
2-inch wide leaves; annual except in zones 9 – 10; full sun to
partial shade
Lavender (Lavandula
angustifolia) -
Light gray foliage;
fresh scent; perennial; zones 5 – 8; full sun
Variegated Ribbon
Grass (Phalaris) -
White and green
variegated foliage that is blushed with pink; perennial; zones 4 –
11; full sun to partial shade
'Silver Queen'
Artemisia (Artemisia ludoviciana) -
Silver-gray foliage;
fresh scent; perennial; zones 4 – 9; full sun
'Margarita' Sweet
Potato Vine (Ipomea batatas) -
Chartreuse foliage;
annual vine/groundcover; zones 9 – 11; full sun
Blooms for an
Evening Garden:
Flowering Tobacco
(Nicotiana alata) -
Small, white, tubular
blooms that open at dusk emitting a strong, jasmine like fragrance;
short lived perennials grown as an annual; zones 10 – 11; full sun
Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) -
Large, white blooms on
viding plant with heart shaped leaves; lightly perfumed; blooms only
at night; annual; zones 9 – 11; full sun
Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia) -
Large trumpets hang
down from this fast growing tropical plant; highly fragrant; white,
peach or yellow blooms; zones 9 -11; morning sun and afternoon shade
Four O'Clocks
(Mirabilis jalapa) -
Fragrant medium sized
flowers; true to its name blooms open late afternoon; annual; zones
8 – 11; full sun to partial shade
Night Blooming
Jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) -
Tropical shrub;
indistinct white flowers that open at night; very strong fragrance
that can be over powering if planted too close to open windows,
porches or patios; zones 8 – 9; full sun
'Casa Blanca' Oriental Lily -
Big, beautiful, pure
white blooms; sweet fragrance; perennial bulb; zones 4 - 8
Gardenia
(Gardenia augusta) -
The queen of the
fragrant garden; white blooms; strong fragrance; shrub; zones 8 - 10
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