Gaura lindheimeri
Family - Onagraceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Louisiana and Texas, USA
Year of Introduction - 1850
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 90cm
Width - 50cm or more
Location - The Terrace, The White Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with an airy, upright habit. The mid-green leaves are lanceolate or spoon-shaped and are often marked with deep red spots. The flowers are pink in bud, open to white and then fade to pink with age. The flowers have four petals and are held in Racemes. Only a few Blooms open at a time, but flowers are produced over a long period from early summer through mid-autumn. Plants are short lived but easily grown from seed or cuttings.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Pink buds open to white, four-petaled flowers that turn pink with age. Flowers are produced in racemes over a long period, a few blooms opening at a time, from June through October.
Flower colour: White, pink
Flower shape: Four-petaled flowers in racemes
Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are lanceolate, sometimes spathulate in shape and are often marked with deep red spots.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to spathulate
Propagation:
Division, seed, cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.