Gaura Gaudi Rose = 'Florgaucomro'
Bee blossom
Also known as Gaura 'Gaudi Rose'
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A compact variety with clustered heads of flowers that are coloured pink, quite richly coloured when young but fading. They have pink-tipped stamens and coming from tangy-coloured brown-orange buds. The flowers sit near the long leaves which are dark green with a pinkish red midrib and suffused with dusky red when young. The flowers are held on red-orange stems. This lacks the wavy grace of the taller forms but is quite high on colour impact so could be grown in a group at the border front or in a container. It should flower all summer if regularly deadheaded.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Green, Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cube
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn · Planting
Cut back in autumn
Once flowering has ended in autumn, cut foliage back so that 15cm to 30cm of stems remain.
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Planting & general
Planting
Deadhead blooms during flowering season
Remove flowers as they turn brown and fade. Snip the stem just below the bloom. This will keep the plant tidy and encourage more flowers.
The removal of spent flowers encourages the plant to produce fresh ones, rather than spend its energy on the development of seeds.
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