Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Blush' - BEEBLOSSOM 'PASSIONATE BLUSH'
Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Blush' features compact low mounds, darker foliage and light pink flowers with darker centers.
Pollinator friendly, very floriferous variety with long flowering season.
In cooler areas is treated a annual.
Gaura’s name comes from the Greek “gauros” meaning superb, in reference to the beautiful flowers.
Blooming Time: Early Spring to Late Summer
Size: 18"-24" tall and 14"-16" wide
USDA Zones: 7a to 9b
Culture: Full sun or partial sun, preferably drained soil (sandy, gravely) with less nutrients. Becomes floppy in too-rich and moist soils.
Moisture Needs: medium to dry
Origin: Wild Beeblossom (G. lindheimerii) is native to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Utah, where can be found on various drained soils in the prairies, pinelands or pond edges. See the BONAP distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes/yes (some sources mention that it is browsed by deer in Texas, where it’s native)
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes, both
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Picture copyright: Plant Haven
Plant combinations: Gaura looks excellent and combines nicely with many summer flowering perennials or annuals; it looks best with some rough structure like Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis or with grasses (Panicum, Pennisetum etc.). Can be used as annual for exceptional flowering power and combined with many annuals or perennials. For sunny garden, xeriscape, big containers, naturalistic garden, pollinator garden.
Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Blush' - BEEBLOSSOM 'PASSIONATE BLUSH'
Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Blush' features compact low mounds, darker foliage and light pink flowers with darker centers.
Pollinator friendly, very floriferous variety with long flowering season.
In cooler areas is treated a annual.
Gaura’s name comes from the Greek “gauros” meaning superb, in reference to the beautiful flowers.
Blooming Time: Early Spring to Late Summer
Size: 18"-24" tall and 14"-16" wide
USDA Zones: 7a to 9b
Culture: Full sun or partial sun, preferably drained soil (sandy, gravely) with less nutrients. Becomes floppy in too-rich and moist soils.
Moisture Needs: medium to dry
Origin: Wild Beeblossom (G. lindheimerii) is native to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Utah, where can be found on various drained soils in the prairies, pinelands or pond edges. See the BONAP distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes/yes (some sources mention that it is browsed by deer in Texas, where it’s native)
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes, both
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Picture copyright: Plant Haven
Plant combinations: Gaura looks excellent and combines nicely with many summer flowering perennials or annuals; it looks best with some rough structure like Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis or with grasses (Panicum, Pennisetum etc.). Can be used as annual for exceptional flowering power and combined with many annuals or perennials. For sunny garden, xeriscape, big containers, naturalistic garden, pollinator garden.