Gaura lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies
Gauras are remarkably pretty – starry clusters of white blooms, gently tinged with pink, are arranged on slender red stems, and catch the summer breeze. Wonderfully elegant and visually delicate, G. Whirling Butterflies is amazingly robust and will tolerate extreme heat, even drought.
Dimensions
- Pot size: 2 L
- Height and Spread: 50cm (1ft 7in) x 50cm (1ft 7in)
Features
Gauras are remarkably pretty – starry clusters of white blooms, gently tinged with pink, are arranged on slender red stems, and catch the summer breeze. Wonderfully elegant and visually delicate, G. Whirling Butterflies is amazingly robust and will tolerate extreme heat, even drought.
Plant in the front of a sunny border, on the edge of a hot terrace or fill a well-positioned container, the result will also please native pollinators. As a low maintenance plant it lives up to its name, which comes from the Greek gauros, meaning superb.
- Flowers: July - end of August
- Hardy
- All well drained soil types
- South or West aspect
- Full sun
Can be cut back by half in midsummer after flowering to produce a second wave of blooms, and then again in spring before new growth appears.
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