Collection: 🌿 Talinum paniculatum ‘Jewels of Opar’

Jewels of Opar is a charming and unique annual known for its succulent-like foliage, airy stems, and sparkling seed pods that look like tiny gemstones. Plants form a neat, compact rosette of glossy green leaves that send up delicate, branching sprays of pink star-shaped flowers followed by clusters of shimmering rose-gold seed beads. Heat-loving and low-maintenance, this treasure thrives in tough conditions where many flowers struggle. Beautiful in bouquets, borders, and containers.

Key Features

• Color: Pink flowers; metallic pink-orange seed pods

• Height: 18–30 in

• Bloom Time: Summer to fall

• Type: Tender perennial grown as an annual

• Habit: Rosette with airy branching sprays

• Uses: Cut flowers, fillers, dried florals, ornamental beds, containers

• Special Notes: Self-seeds lightly; loved for its botanical, airy texture in arrangements.

Growing Information

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-drained; tolerates poor, hot soils

• Spacing: 8–12 in

• Hardiness: Grows as an annual in most climates; perennial in frost-free zones

• Tips:

  • Very heat tolerant — thrives in hot summers.

  • Harvest airy seed stems when pods are colored but firm for best vase life.

  • Excellent dried; seed pods hold color well.