We have just recovered from record heat in SoCal. We had here in Burbank and the San Fernando Valley 105-110º for a whole week. It was horrible. It didn't even cool off but to the 80's at night. It was like being in Lake Havasu(which I hated-sorry Havasu people). I know some people like the heat. But I do NOT nor does my garden. It's difficult to work outdoors at all. Then on Friday a fire started in the Verdugo Hills just about a mile away! We could see scary flames from our house for 3 days!
The finally put it out(at least on our side) last night. We even had a little rain last evening and cooled down enough to open the windows. For those from other places who may not know, in SoCal, we go without rain from about May - Nov. So any rain we do get in the summer is rare and awesome!
Gaura is a perennial in SoCal that is native from Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. The common white flowered variety is a noxious weed. I will never forget mistakenly planting it for the first time for a client in Pasadena where it spread like crazy! I was forever digging it out. BUT, the pink variety, Gaura lindheimeri Siskiyou Pink is so much nicer! It doesn't spread but instead makes this airy mass of pink flowers. I have not had any reseeding in several years in my garden. It has skinny leaves that you can barely see. It is such a wispy plant that it was difficult to photograph in my garden today. The flowers look like little pink butterflies.
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| So fluffy! |
Gaura grows best in well drained sandy soil(which I have!) and full sun. If it has one bad quality at all, it is that I have to cut it back about twice a year. When it stops flowering for a bit, it is good to give it a whack! Then it grows back prettier and flowery. It is said to bloom in the summer. But here is SoCal it blooms for quite a long season. Research says it grows in zones 5-8.
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| See how it was difficult to capture in a photo! |
The flowers begin dark pink and sometimes fade to pale pink and white. Laura is said to grow to 4 feet tall. Mine are 4'tall and wide. The name Gaura comes from the Greek gauros meaning superb in reference to the beautiful flowers.
This species honors Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (1801-1879), Texas plant collector.
Do you grow Gaura?
Happy Gardening!
I planted a dozen of these last year in the middle of summer, probably a later start than ideal, along the driveway.
ReplyDeleteThey shot out deep pink flowers on long,tall stems. Only drawback is the base stems, though woody, are rather delicate, so they were easily damaged and snapped, especially on such young, quart-sized plants.
After a dormant winter, I transferred some to a pot earlier this year (though a stem still broke!) as well as the back of a border that is less prone to disturbance.
I did notice one volunteer plant emerged (perhaps a vigorous offshoot), but nothing to the point of being invasive.
A very nice filler plant.
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