Butterfly Bush Pink Gaura

Gaura foliage is lance shaped and often tinged with pink cream or gold depending on the variety. Wiry flower stems bear many 1 inch flowers with four petals each.

Gaura Aka Butterfly Flower

Butterfly bush pink gaura

Native to north america gaura gaura lindheimeri is a gorgeous low maintenance plant with white and pink flowers that thrives in hot dry conditions which means it s perfect to grow in most parts of australia. Flowers are white pink or a combination of the two. Produces long dainty flower spikes covered in small pink flowers during the warmer months.

One of the most fashionable plants to have in your garden at the moment is gaura gaura lindheimeri also called white butterfly bush. In the breeze these move constantly looking like a cloud of small butterflies. A great plant choice for cottage gardens or just adding pops of colour.

Pink gaura gaura lindheimeri siskiyou pink sometimes called bee blossom produces a profusion of pale pink blossoms in late summer and fall. Gaura also known as butterfly bush is a perennial water wise plant. Wonderful choice for bringing in the bees and butterflies.

A very versatile plant for sunny mixed borders and containers. Although commonly pronounced gow ra it is more correctly called gore ra. The 1 flowers are white when they open at dawn and fade to rose pink as the sun sets.

The shrubs grow up to 2 feet tall becoming a focal. Blooms age to rosy pink. It is particularly popular in cottage gardens and now there is a new pink variety of gaura available called siskiyou pink.

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