Gaura Plant Care and Growing | How to Grow Gaura (Beeblossom)

Gaura Plant Care and Growing are easy as this stunning perennial wildflower is low maintenance. Check out How to Grow Gaura to flaunt its beautiful blooms in your garden!

Botanical Name: Oenothera lindheimeri

USDA Zones: 5-9

Common Names: Wandflower, Butterfly gaura, Whirling butterfly, Siskiyou pink

The genus “Gaura” consists of about 20 species of plants. It is native to North America and has delicate erected foliage with irregularly shaped flowers that makes it attractive. 

The flowers are fairly big and can be found in shades of pink, white, or a combination of both. Depending on the variety, the lance-shaped foliage is usually tinged with cream, gold, or pink. The peak time for the blooming season is in early summer, and you can expect your yard to be full of flowers if you are growing this plant in USDA Zones 5-9. 

Although there are several cultivated kinds of Gaura that you can pick from, we have made a list of popular ones for you:

The gold in the name is for the gorgeous variegated foliage, not the white blooms with a hint of pink. 

If you grow this type of Gaura, you will be blessed with cute pink flowers and foliage with pink edges. 

This plant boasts burgundy foliage, red stems, and bright pink flowers. You can grow them with green or blue flowers to create an impression. 

In this pretty Gaura variety, you can have elegant white flowers tinged with pink. For its marvelous performance and beauty, it also received the Fleuroselect Gold Medal in 2014. 

Grow this variety for the ornamental blooms in a rose pink shade. 

A tall variety that can grow 3-6 feet high. It has hairy flowering stems and light pink or white colored flowers that turn into coral red in late summer and fall.

A Texas native, tolerant to drought. It grows