Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis, and is available in a range of colours.

Mirabilis jalepa (marvel of Peru or four o'clock plant) grows easily from seed, as you have discovered, and may even - given a long hot summer, which of course we didn't have - flower in its first year.

The half-hardy marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa), with bushy growth and oddly marked flowers, enters the scent stakes a little earlier as its flowers open around 4 pm, but continues until the flowers die the next day.

The night Was white and still with moonlight, and a sigh Of blowing leaves was there, and the dim flight Of insects, and the smell of aconite, And stocks, and Marvel of Peru.

Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae.

Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis, and is available in a range of colours.

I discovered Mirabilis jalapa on the island of Lesbos several years ago.

Bretons also call "Beauties of the night" the Mirabilis jalapa and the stars.

"Botanically, the flower is called Mirabilis Jalapa.

Though catalogues and garden guides describe the common four-o'clock (Mirabilis jalapa) as very fragrant, individual strains are highly variable in this regard.

The adults feed on the flower nectar of various flowers, including Lonicera, Mirabilis jalapa and Asystasia gangetica.

The fourth image, taken by Dr Robert Markus, is also a natural subject; the pollen-laden stigma of Mirabilis Jalapa.

The half-hardy marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa), with bushy growth and oddly marked flowers, enters the scent stakes a little earlier as its flowers open around 4 pm, but continues until the flowers die the next day.