The unusual and immensely pretty mirabilis jalapa opens its gorgeous flowers in mid afternoon on sunny days in the height of summer only to close them again at night hence one of its common names the four oclock plant r incredibly each plant produces its flowers in a mix of colours from deep magenta to pure white bicolours and even bright yellow its no wonder its called the marvel of peru plant this beauty in beds and borders and it will form a neat bushy shrub that will gro