Recently, when I've come home from work in the early evening, the gaura blossoms have been all shriveled up. I thought maybe they were being eaten by bugs, but I think it's just the heat that has dried them out. However, today it rained intermittently for a few hours and it was 66 degrees when left yoga and not 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
For the rest of the photos the flash kicked on, so they're silhouetted by artificial light. I was so excited to see gaura that wasn't dessicated by the heat or wind that I'm sharing the photos anyway.
Hard to believe, but it's in the same family as evening primroses. I think the cultivar I bought is called "whirling butterflies."
They will bloom continuously a few at time for the next couple of months. 
nice pics you got there.. thanks for visiting my blog. i'm now one of your followers :) have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI love Gaura also, put in a beautiful one last year but it didn't return this year so decided I'd just look at others. Yours is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteCher Sunray Gardens
Oh these are beautiful flowers! I don't think I've ever seen gaura. To paraphrase what you wrote on my last post, I love looking at pictures of your flowers because it makes me want to grow something other than vegetables. :)
ReplyDeleteI think many of us gardeners are scientists at heart and, also, somewhat skeptical about what we read. My late Aunt Freda used to listen patiently to whatever I'd read, tilt her lovely white-haired head and say, "Well, in my garden..."
ReplyDeleteIs this gaura one that you can light a match to a twilight with interesting effect?
@angel - thanks for following! I'm following your blog, too.
ReplyDelete@Sunray - Cher, this one keeps coming back and surprising me. I'm never quite sure because it stays dormant for so long.
@BL - The gaura are so sweet and delicate. I think I'm getting closer to growing a veggie.
@Patricia - I've never heard about using a match at twilight. Please share more. I didn't find anything in a limited Google search about this.
Beautiful! I love Gaura - I've paired some with grasses and Verbenas at the Tower which has a really light and airy effect.
ReplyDeleteGaura is one of my favorites, too, despite that dessicated thing it does in full summer. I love how the flowers dip and bob when the bees are at them. I know what you mean about the science fair project...
ReplyDeleteVery nice blog! I like also flowers.
ReplyDeleteI send greetings from Bratislava.
Daniela
I might have the wrong plant on this because I googled before leaving the comment and came up dry, too. However, what I think I used to know about this plant is that it exudes a gas at twilight. When a lit match is near it, it flames somewhat. The caveat is that I knew about this in the very humid PacNW, where I think the gas might hang around a little while. In our high desert climate, I can see it dissipating immediately. But this is from a lifetime long ago, maybe 25 years past, when I grew a far more diverse garden, I.e. one that would have included gaura
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of nice flowers, and these are no exception. Don't worry about subjecting your garden to experimentation; that's how we find out what works.
ReplyDelete@MTW - I don't ever have much luck with verbena, but it sounds lovely with gaura and grasses.
ReplyDelete@Stacy - I can't seem to resist experimenting.
@Mimi- Daniela, thanks for stopping by, I visited your blogs, too.
@Patricia - I think I'll try it on a damp night and see what happens.
@Owen - Thanks, I'm very fond of gaura and how delicate and wispy they are.
Guara is one of my favorites. Mine has outgrown the spot it's in and I'm afraid I'm going to have to move it.
ReplyDeleteI love gaura too! I have mixed success with them too, one of my two died, I replaced it and the replacement died too, but the other one lives on...
ReplyDeleteA lovely flower...and you have brought out its beauty with your fantastic photography!
ReplyDelete@Ginny - My lone surviving one is huge, too. Some plants seem to outgrow there spaces faster than others.
ReplyDelete@Masha - They're fun to watch. I saw a pink one at a big box store today and decided against it.
@TSB - Thanks so much. I wish we would we get a little more rain so I can enjoy them in evening.
Visiting from another site. I am following now and if you would like to that would be great.
ReplyDeleteCraig Outdoors
Ooh--by total accident, I think I came across what Patricia is talking about. Could it be a gas plant (Dictamnus albus)? Zoe's latest post at Pearled Earth is actually a video of her lighting one.
ReplyDelete@Craig - Thanks for following! I appreciate the support!
ReplyDelete@Stacy - Wow, I think you found it! I'll let Patricia know. Thanks!
I love Gaura too. Mine all died off with the harsh winter....so it is lovely to see someone else's thriving.
ReplyDeleteI like this plant. Unfortunately, it was very short-lived in my garden. Love your pictures!
ReplyDelete@Tatyana - I like it, too. It's so graceful and ethereal.
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