White Gaura
Gaura lindheimeri. ONAGRACEAE.
Planting and Growing White Gaura
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow white gaura in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of white gaura
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for white gaura
- Season of bloom and planting time for white gaura
- When, how deep, and where to plant white gaura
- How to plant white gaura
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of white gaura
- Landscape and container uses of white gaura
- Comments about white gaura and its features
Growing White Gaura
Several cultivars of erect deciduous perennial herbs, to 4 ft. (1.2 m) tall. Alternate, textured, light green, lance-shaped leaves, 1–3‑1/2‑in. (25–90‑mm) long.
Common cultivars include Gaura lindheimeri ‘Corrie’s Gold’ and ‘Siskiyou Pink’.
Scarlet beeblossom, Gaura coccinea, and scarlet gaura, Gaura odorata (synonymous with Oenothera suffrutescens), are related species with similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many gold, pink, white becoming pink, 4-petaled flowers, to 1 in. (25 mm) long, arranged vertically on tall, branching spikes, in late spring–autumn.
Best Climates
Hardy. Self-seeding. Zones 3–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp to dry, well-drained, sandy humus. Fertility: Average–low. 6.0–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Early spring in full to filtered sun, 18–32 in. (45–80 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Drought tolerant. Fertilize quarterly. Deadhead spent flowers, dried stalks to force new flower stalks, prevent self-seeding. Propagate by seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, beds, borders in cottage, meadow, wildlife, woodland gardens and water feature margins. Good for cutting. Attracts hummingbirds. Heat tolerant. Pest and disease resistant.