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Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies'

A flight of floral butterflies

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' Perennial Bedding
Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Delicate white flowers opening from pink buds
  • Summer blooming from June to September
  • Grow in a sunny border or in patio pots
  • RHS Plants for Pollinators

Description

  • Delicate white butterfly-shaped flowers which open from pink buds at the top of tall, airy stems - looks like a flight of butterflies
  • Flowers right from June to September
  • These tall, upright perennials are deceptively tough, with no pest or disease issues and excellent heat and drought tolerance
  • Ideal as part of a cottage, prairie or wildflower planting scheme, in beds, biorders or containers
  • Suitable for cutting
  • Awarded RHS Plants for Pollinators status - not only looks like butterflies, it attracts them too!

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Premium Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

60-90cm

Eventual spread:

30-60cm
Spreads approx 30-60cm
30-60cm
Spreads approx 30-60cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

White
Crisp white butterfly-shaped flowers on tall airy stems
White
Crisp white butterfly-shaped flowers on tall airy stems

Habit:

Upright
Flowers grow at the top of tall upright stems
Upright
Flowers grow at the top of tall upright stems

Hardiness:

Hardy
H4 - hardy throughout most of the UK down to -10
Hardy
H4 - hardy throughout most of the UK down to -10

Rootstock:

Spacing:

30cm
Plant at least 30cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Gaura generally suffer no issues with pests or diseases

Water regularly in summer

This plant needs nothing more than rain water throughout most of the year. During hot, prolonged dry periods in summer however, you may have to give the plant a good watering several times a week. If the plant starts to look distressed and the soil around it is very dry, then give the plant some more water and check up on it the next day.

Full sun

Gaura does best in a sheltered spot with 6-8 hours of daily sunlight but can also cope with a little light shade.

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Plant in any fertile, well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage.

Feeding not required

This is a low maintenance plant which gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil. ?v=1613300718

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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