Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' - Beautiful candle - biopot diameter 8 cm
Dutch name: splendor candle, Linheimers splendor candle
€2.14 per unit (incl. vat)
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Product information "Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' - Beautiful candle - biopot diameter 8 cm"
- Pot size: ø8 cm
- Biopot
- Flowering color: white, pinkish white
- Reducedly hardy
- Insect attractant
- Dry resistant
The beautiful flowers of the Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' are reminiscent of fluttering butterflies, they did not steal their name. The flower oojes have a soft white & whitish 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: 0.7-0.9 m (mature plants after 2-5 years)
- 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) soil
- 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 plants
The biopot is a biodegradable or compostable plant pot. The material is made of natural fibers, breaks down in the soil & leaves no plastic behind.
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Border planting |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 8 |
| Bloom Month: | July, August, September |
| Bloom color: | White |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| 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: | 40-100 cm |
| Growth habit : | Unknown - n/a |
| 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): | 75 |
| 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 lindheimerii 'Whirling Butterflies' |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 100 |
| type of crop: | Perennial plant |
| type of soil: | Normal soil, Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Any good garden soil |
| Package dimensions: | 10L x 11W x 24.25H cm |
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