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A Garden of Blooms You Can Set Your Clock By

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Sandwort ( Arenaria), 9 to 10 a.m.

Strawflower ( Helichrysum), 10 a.m.

Star-of-Bethlehem ( Ornithogalum umbellatum), 11 a.m.

Passionflower ( Passiflora caerulea), noon.

Carnation ( Dianthus), noon.

Afternoon squill ( Scilla), 2 p.m.

Purple hawkweed ( Saussurea alpina), 4 p.m.

Moonflower ( Ipomoea alba), 5 p.m.

Night-flowering silene ( Silene noctiflora), 5 to 6 p.m.

Four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru ( Mirabilis jalapa), 6 p.m.

Evening primrose ( Oenothera speciosa), 6 p.m.

Fig marigold ( Mesembryanthemum noctiflorum), 7 to 8 p.m.

Night-blooming cereus ( Hylocereus undatus), 8 to 9 p.m.

Joel M. Lerner is president of Environmental Design in Capitol View Park, Md. E-mail or contact him through his Web site,http://www.gardenlerner.com.


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