Gaura lindheimeri - Beautiful candle - pot 9x9 cm
Nederlandse naam: prachtkaars, Linheimers prachtkaars
€1.49 per unit (incl. vat)
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Product information "Gaura lindheimeri - Beautiful candle - pot 9x9 cm"
- Pot size: 9x9 cm
- Flowering color: white, pinkish white
- Reducedly hardy
- Insect attractant
- Dry-resistant
The beautiful flowers of the Gaura lindheimeri are reminiscent of fluttering butterflies. They have a soft white & white-pink color, and are crowded by pollinators.
This plant looks best in a sunny border, wild/natural garden or in combination with ornamental grasses. The Gaura has bushy, upright growth.
Plant characteristics:
- Flower color: white, white-pink
- Flowering period: July-October
- Hardy: reasonable
- Evergreen: no
- Leaf color: dark green
- Leaf shape:narrow, lanceolate leaves
- Height: 1-1.5 m
- Diseases: good disease resistance
- Family: Onagraceae
- Dutch name: Splendor Candle, Linheimers Splendor Candle
Soil & location:
- Position: full sun, semi-shade
- Soil: all kinds of (permeable) soils
- Application: in the border, in combination with grasses, cottage, natural garden, wild garden
Maintenance:
- Pruning: prune plants that grow too high back to half in late spring.
- Deadheading (cut away spent flowers) to prolong flowering.
Plant density:
- Number per m²: 7 to 9 pieces
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Border planting |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 8 |
| Bloom Month: | June, July, August, September |
| Bloom color: | White |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Dutch plant name: | Lindheimers kaars, Prachtkaars |
| English plant name: | Gaura, Indian feather, Lindheimer's beeblossom, Lindheimer's clockweed |
| Flower color - details: | White |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Good (-23 to -18°c), usda zone 6 |
| Frost resistance: | Very good winter hardy |
| Fruit: | Unknown - n/a |
| Full grown plant height: | 30-70 cm |
| German plant name: | Prachtkerze, Waldmeister |
| Growth habit : | Unknown - n/a |
| Growth habit - details: | Upright, quite airy |
| Humidity/Soil: | Dry soil |
| Latin plant family: | Onagraceae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Green |
| Leaf / foliage - details: | Deciduous, green |
| Location: | Halfshadow, Full sun |
| Location - details: | Sun till half-shade |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 30 |
| Plant characteristic: | Nvt |
| Plant family: | Evening primrose family |
| Planting distance: | 7-9 pieces per m² (33-38 cm apart) |
| Pruning period: | March |
| Synonym / Trade name: | Gaura filiformis var. munzii, Oenothera lindheimeri |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 75 |
| type of crop: | Perennial plant |
| type of soil: | Calcareous soil, Normal soil, Peaty soil (acidic), Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Well-drained soil |
| Package dimensions: | 10L x 11W x 24.25H cm |
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