Gaura lindheimeri 'WHITE DOVE'

Gaura lindheimeri 'WHITE DOVE'
gaura

SIZE/TYPE	low perennial
	mid-sized perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.3-0.4m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-0.5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	varigated:green and light green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	white
BLOOMING TIME	July - October
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	6 (down to -23°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials Summer blooms

Gaura is a perennial with extra long blooming season and which requires very little or no care at all. It emerges in late spring with deep burgundy red leaves that turn green in summer. It can multiply previous year's size in no time and become almost three times as large.

White Dove is a beautiful white flowering gaura variety. It makes large flowers opening from pinkish buds atop about 40 cm long stems. Plants are compact and dense and the important feature is the foliage colour: leaves are dark green at margins and lighter green in the centre.

We noticed that if the plant is frequently fed it is big and beautiful but tends to mature more quickly and may become very short-lived and die prematurely. If your soil is reasonably fertile we recommend only one feeding - just before the buds begin to form if you want to prolong its life.

In the wild gaura lives in naturally moist lands where it thrives. In the garden grow it in equally moist but well drained soil in full sun. Once established it tolerates summer drought. Hardy to about -25°C (USDA zone 6) and mulching is recommended for areas with long lasting frost without snow.

Last update 18-08-2020

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