Annuals & Biennials

Mentzelia
blazing star

- Height 2 ft (60 cm)
- Planting distance 9 in (23 cm)
- Flowers mid- to late summer in North; winter in Southwest
- Well-drained garden soil
- Sunny site
- Hardy annual

Mentzelia lindleyi, sometimes called Bartonia aurea, is a robust, freely branching, slightly sprawling annual some 2 ft (60 cm) high. Best adapted to mild, dry climates, it will bloom from mid- to late summer in cooler regions and in the winter in the Southwest. It produces a long succession of fragrant brilliant yellow flowers that open from gracefully pointed buds into flowers, each composed of five broad petals arranged around a mass of slender golden stamens. The small, narrow leaves are rich green and set on succulent stems. A California native, this annual should be grown in full sun. If the weather becomes cloudy and cool, the flowers may fail to open properly. However, the plant stands up well in wind.

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