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Gaura lindheimeri (syn. Oenothera)
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
It's hard to find a better plant than Gaura for lining paths and adding froth to flower beds and I pick it as an upper storey in arrangements
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Position
- Border (Middle)
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - August
- Height
- 1.2m (4ft)
- Common name
- Lindheimer's beeblossom
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- Cultivation
- Surface sow indoors from late winter to early spring onto moist well-drained seed compost and place somewhere warm. Once germinated transplant into 9cm pots and grow on before planting out in late spring in a sunny position with free-draining soil.
Care Tips
Gauras are easy as long as you remember that they are prairie plants from a warm place, mulching helps to protect from severe winters. Mature gauras do not move well. The dark spots that appear on their narrow leaves are normal.
Flowering Time
June - August
