The Plant Company

Bringing your garden to life

Contact

Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
[email protected]

The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Gaura lindheimeri

gaura

Photo of Gaura lindheimeri

£9.00

A graceful, hazy plant with airy wands of white, fading to pink, star-shaped flowers from May to September. This exceptionally long-flowering perennial, with slender, grey-green leaves, looks equally at home in an informal cottage-style garden or among soft grasses in a new perennial border.

Type

  • Perennials

Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Half hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Cottage style garden
  • Contemporary style garden

Special features

  • Attractive to wildlife
  • Low maintenance
  • Drought tolerant

Care instructions

Grow in well-drained, fertile, moist soil is preferable, but will tolerate drought and partial shade. Remove spent flowers to prolong flowering period. Close planting or support from neighboring perennials is beneficial.

Dimensions

Size: Medium

Pot size: 2 litre

Eventual height: 75cm

Eventual spread: 45cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • West

Soil types

  • Sandy
  • Normal

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline

Special conditions

  • Coastal