(lost the tag)
From Waterwise plant sale in summer 2018
(gone now)
A couple pink flowered ones were added in various years, Siskiyou Pink and RosyJane maybe.
This was planted at the base of the rain barrel where overflow drowns it at times. But it did well and each year it cams back fuller, although floppy from all the water.
Expectations:
In my CT garden these never came back, so I planted gaura as annuals each year. Here it returns reliably.
Keep the stalks over winter to improve hardiness, and cut back to just above ground in spring. Mulch with gravel -- gaura wants dry infertile, hot soil.
Experiences:
I got two here the first year, 2018, and put one at the back of the potting bench curve and one at the foot of Big Red the Rainbarrel, but I never looked at the tag to see what variety I got. I expected to replant them the next year, or to lose them and just let nearby plants get bigger and fill in.
They ended up being spectacular in their first year, and both came back.
The one in the potting bench curve is gone, it was in too much shade.
They ended up being spectacular in their first year, and both came back.
The one in the potting bench curve is gone, it was in too much shade.
The one by the rain barrel was a white flowered gaura, and very tall. Upright, but leggy and floppy since it gets too much water.
In 2023 I moved it to the strip in front of the fence, then moved it again to the kitchen courtyard.
Gaura does not like being moved, and I lost it, but then replaced it in the kitchen courtyard with a pink flowered smaller one..
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| 2024 in the kitchen courtyard |
In 2022 I had a Siskiyou Pink gaura in the brown urn by the walkway and loved it there, although I did not repeat it.
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| 2022 |
I also planted a pink one (RosyJane?) in 2024 next to the ajuga at the base of the front portal column.