General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 24-30 inches
Plant Spread: 12-15 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP17002, Eggleton, 2004

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Common names
  • Appleblossom Grass
  • Butterfly Gaura
  • Lindheimer's Beeblossom
  • Gaura
  • Bee Blossom
  • Wand Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Oenothera lindheimeri
  • Synonym: Gaura lindheimeri

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-10-03

Date: 2012-07-28
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2009-02-28

Date: 2012-07-27
It makes a nice burgundy spot in the flower bed and the blooms go
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2009-07-06
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-29
Please excuse the canna leaf.
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-06-08
showing the burgandy/green variegation
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-06-08
note the burgundy/green variegation
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-05-16
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-05-16
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-05-16

Date: 2017-05-17

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