PlantFiles: Atlasflower, Farewell-to-Spring, Godetia
Clarkia amoena

My "Aurora" provides beautiful creamy salmom-pink flowers that are very long-lasting.

I grew these from seed in my garage under grow lights. Planted them in April, out they went into the yard around the third week in May, and they went nuts covered with flowers in late July. Formed huge bushes with woody stems, around 20" tall and the same diameter. They seem to need help staying upright, but other than that, they have filled my garden with vibrant color when other things are fading. Full sun, average water and soil.

Beautiful flowers; the only problem I had was that the Japanese beetles liked them better than anything else in my garden - even my roses. Once I realized they were being eaten up I sprayed them religously and they did recover.

Lovely flowers, but you must be patient while waiting for them to bloom! I sowed these in late Jan and they didn't geminate until March or so, then they grew and grew and had buds on them that looked like they were about to bloom any day. Mine finally bloomed around June 6th, during a heat wave, and they're the dominant wildflower at the moment.

Interesting, perhaps unique...I have one solitary plant that has absolutely pure white blooms. The rest are the standard swirled pinks and hot pinks.

What a lovely flower in so many different shades of pink. Long lasting bloom time, if the deer don't munch on the flower buds. So drought tolerant that I use it as part of my dryland area. Self seeds every year. Does not transplant very well even when very small.

This plant is one of the showiest California natives and very drought tolerant. I was amazed at the display and it was long lasting through late spring and early summer. About 18 inches high and a 2 inch flower. No pest and disease resistant. Needs a sunny location. My soil is mostly clay with some compost added. Almost every seed I scattered about, germinated. Planted them again this year.