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| Any idea what this perennial might be? |
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- Posted by Karolina11 6a (My Page) on Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 18:29
| Maybe a variety of gaura? Gaura lindheimeri Crimson Butterflies would be my guess. Google it and see if that looks like it. |
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| I think you are correct. They were in containers, now planted in the ground. We'll see if they survive the winter (zone 7). |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 22:04
| Noticed some GW comments on Gaura in 2009. It's sometimes sold here as an annual and sometimes as a perennial: Have tried Gaura lindheimeri, here, maybe half a dozen times, but it has invariably failed to survive the winter. |
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| I'm in zone 5b and my lindheimeri "Siskiyou pink" overwinter pretty well. I've lost a few, but any that die can easily be replaced with seedlings. But these should be transplanted young, before the taproot is too large, and you should take a good chunk of ground with them for best success. This year is the first I've grown the white lindheimeri and I think there are already seedlings coming up. Mine are grown at the top of and among boulders that form a low retaining wall. The setting is perfect for them, as the flower stalks lean out over the lower garden. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 8:37
| one might call it a scraggly plant that should be replaced by something with more umph ... for a spot that looks like it might be near your front door ... [the lack of rain under the eave???] throw it out back in some other flower bed.. and make a statement there ... start a new post.. pull back the pic.. and ask what plant might make a better statement there... IMHO ... ken ps: maybe a clematis up that post.. and another plant a foot or two out .... |
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