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Mirabilis jalapa ‘Marbles’

Type Annual Tender perennial
Use Border Plant Landscaping
Height 60-90 cm / 25-36 in.
Flowering season June - September, summer

Four O’Clock, Wunderblume, Belle de Nuit. In our Marbles series are 3 different varieties, all with striped, bicoloured flowers. Available as separate colours or as mixture. The fragrant flowers open late afternoon and keep on flowering till the next morning, but on cloudy days much longer. The setting in the garden is crucial for enjoying the perfume in your evening chair. Ideal for high borders and when given space they develop an attractive rounded plant with many flowers on top of it.

Mirabilis jalapa ‘Marbles Mix’

Spectacular formula mixture of three Marbles colours; all striped and bicolour flowers.

Mirabilis jalapa ‘Marbles White-Red’ FSN

Flowers in most contrasting colour combination: white and red. Eye-catching in the evening. Fleuroselect novelty 2008.

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Mirabilis jalapa ‘Marbles White-Yellow’

Pure white and soft yellow in each flower which create a beautiful luminosity in the evening.

Mirabilis jalapa ‘Marbles Yellow-Red’

Orange yellow and red marbled flowers which seem orange from a distance.

Mirabilis jalapa ‘Salmon Sunset’

Type Annual Tender perennial
Use Border Plant Landscaping
Height 60-80 cm / 25-32 in
Flowering season June - September, summer

Four O’Clock in shades of pinkish orange; a very special colour. This strong and vigorous plant creates a real presence in the garden when the flowers open in the late afternoon. The flowers release an exotic scent in the evening till the next morning.

Mirabilis longiflora ‘Angel Trumpets’

Type First-year-flowering perennial
Use Border Plant Landscaping
Height 60-80 cm / 25-32 in.
Flowering season June - September, summer

Mirabilis longiflora is an exceptional plant with very special flowers with an exotic appearance. The tubular flowers looks like Nicotiana sylvestris but are larger; about 20 cm long and they open in the late afternoon. The fragrant flowers are white with a purple red eye. Spreading plant habit. It will flower easily in the first year from sowing and the tubers can survive mild frost in winter.