| Varieties: |
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Gaura
'Blushing Butterflies'
Bee Blossom
zones 6-9 (will grow in zone 5)
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| Description: This new cultivar is compact with very dark green
foliage. Four-petalled flowers appear in clumps on the tips of red upright stems. |
| Bloom Color: |
Light pink, white |
| Bloom Time: |
July-October |
| Foliage Color: |
Dark green |
| Height: |
24" |
| Spread: |
24" |
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Gaura
'Crimson Butterflies'
Bee Blossom
zones 6-9 (will grow in zone 5)
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| Description: The young foliage is very dark crimson, greening
a little as the season progresses. Hot pink flowers are held upright on sturdy red
stems. |
| Bloom Color: |
Pink |
| Bloom Time: |
July-October |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
24" |
| Spread: |
24" |
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Gaura
lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
Bee Blossom, White Gaura
zones 6-9 (will grow in zone 5)
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| Description: Blooms continuously from early summer through
fall with large, very showy rose-pink flowers with white stamens. Because of their
prolific ever-blooming nature, plants of Siskiyou Pink eventually exhaust themselves and
may need replacement every 3rd year or so. |
| Bloom Color: |
Rose-pink |
| Bloom Time: |
July-October |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
18" |
| Spread: |
15" |
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Gaura
'Sunny Butterflies'
Bee Blossom, White Gaura
zones 6-9 (will grow in zone 5)
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| Description: The white-edged variegation with abundant pink
flowers makes this new cultivar an ideal plant for the perennial garden or as a potted
outdoor highlight. |
| Bloom Color: |
Pink |
| Bloom Time: |
July-October |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
24" |
| Spread: |
24" |
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Gaura
lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' (a.k.a. 'The Bride')
Bee Blossom, White Gaura
zones 3-9 (will grow in zone 5)
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| Description: Flower color is pure white accented by red stems.
The plant is deeply rooted and is fairly drought tolerant. |
| Bloom Color: |
White |
| Bloom Time: |
July-October |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
18-24" |
| Spread: |
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