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Godetia
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godetia (gōdēsh`ə): see evening primrose evening primrose, common name for the Onagraceae, a family of plants of worldwide distribution, most species of which grow as herbs in the temperate New World, and specifically for members of the genus Oenothera.
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godetia
any plant of the American onagraceous genus Godetia, esp one grown as a showy-flowered annual garden plant

Godetia 

a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Ona-graceae. Godetia is very similar to the genus Clarkia and is often grouped together with it. There are about 20 species of Godetia in North and South America, and they are especially numerous in California. Farewell-to-spring (Godetia amoe-na) and Whitney godetia (G. grandiflora or G. whitneyi) are grown as ornamental annuals with abundant, attractive, large flowers. There are many forms and varieties of various heights, with simple or double flowers of various shades of white, pink, and red. Godetia plants are used in flower beds and borders and as cut flowers.



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Sow the seeds of fast-maturing annuals such as calendulas, candytuft and godetias every two weeks for a succession of blooms throughout the summer.
You probably started gardening with the bright and easy annuals such as godetias, clarkias, California poppies and the jolly little poached-egg plant (Limnanthes douglasii).
 
 
 
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