Gaura is like butterflies in the garden

Often called the Whirling white butterfly bush, Gauras come in a variety of white, white with pink tinge and darker pink  flowers.  The flowers are on long stems and gently sway in the breeze creating colour and movement in the spring and summer garden.

White gaura is an informal, yet graceful, ornamental with a loose, bushy habit growing to a height of  3-4 ft or 80cm they look sensational in perennial borders or beds. The pink varieties tend to be more clumping and not so tall.   It is a plant that keeps giving as it self sows its seed, a bargain for any gardener.












Gaura is a pretty, water-wise plant, that loves sun, good drainage and a jolly good cutting back as the long wands of butterfly flowers finish.  Pruning back in mid summer will extend the flowering season as they flower again after about six weeks from pruning.

I started with only 2 small bushes and now have a wonderful boarder that is continuing to  extend every year creating a real splash in our summer garden.



Happy gardening


Bronwyn