Back Alley Four O'clock, Mirabilis Jalapa

3'to 6', colors vary from yellow to white, pink, red ,orange and magenta, some are bi-colored, size varies, some are sweetly scented, makes a large tuber that survives most winters in zone 7, opens in early evening and closes by mid morning, collected along the alley behind 17th Av S where we once lived in Birmingham's Southside, my sister in law, Carol Cook Hagood, says her family used it as a flower clock, when the flowers opened, it was time to get in the car and go pick up Daddy after work.