as I was trying to get too close but you get the gist. Also the Garden Harvest Supply says the blooms range in color from medium pink to bright magenta. The other sources just say pink blooms. As I stated my blooms are darker, falling into the medium pink range but the combination of my camera & the strong light here show them much lighter than they indeed are. I do not have a professional camera like you do & pinks & reds are always "off". As to the leaves; I have posted photos that are closer up which clearly show the leaf variegation. I bought these gaura & there were 3 plants in the pot -- I put 1 in a ceramic glazed pot with potting soil, 1 in the planting bed in an area with sand & the final 1 in the planting bed in an area with clay. These plants are young yet & I'm sure not displaying all the particular characteristics that they will when they mature. Plus the growing conditions are a factor. That is why we have multiple photos of plants in the db as what 1 plant looks & performs like in 1 part of the country can be quite different than what is expereienced in another portion of the country. It will be interesting to see the difference in the 3 I have being that each is growing in different soil & conditions. I couldn't resist adding a photo of the pipevine swallowtail who was having a blast on the 1 I planted in the sand in the garden bed last night. Butterflies are hard to get to hold still 
and it has been my experience that pipevine swallowtails are particularly so! 
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