Sunday, October 30, 2011

GARNISH YOUR GARDEN WITH GAURA: HAPPY MACRO MONDAY

Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink'

In some ways, this Texas native reminds me of little orchids. The long, wispy stems can cascade over a rock wall, or mesh with agaves and other xeric plants. These were part of the planting I did up at our church during the blast furnace summer. As you can see, it's a survivor.
As with most wildflowers, the little plants aren't that exciting. But look at all those bloom stems!

Here's another image later in the day.
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Thanks for stopping by.
David/ :-)

14 comments:

  1. Gaura is a beautiful plant. I had it in my gardens a couple of years ago but it didn't survive the winter. Boo hoo!

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  2. Wow, getting so close you can see the little hairs on the plant...nice! thanks for sharing

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  3. Wow....so so very gorgeous. Dainty, beautiful...just incredible color.

    EYE spy!! is my link for today.

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  4. Gauras are great!
    Its flowers look like butterflies dancing.
    Cuttings are easy to do, I always remember doing some.
    Last year, I cultivated a variegated variety, Gaura Corrie's gold. She is beautiful! Also resistant to drought but not so well to the cold.
    I have to try again!

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  5. I just love gauras, but find them so hard to take their picture! You did well capturing their beauty.

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  6. So very pretty. I so enjoy seeing the plants/vegitation from other parts of the world.
    By the way I also enjoyed your Halloween plant series below and I do remember the Addams Family and the Munsters (boy am I OLD!).

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  7. Wow...that's a beautiful flower. It really does look like an orchid. I do like your photo header.

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  8. What a lovely flower!

    Happy MM

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  9. Śliczne zdjęcia zrobiłaś tym uroczym kwiatkom.Miałam już je w ogródku raz, ale nie po jakimś czasie zniknęły. W tym roku zasadziłam nowe. Pozdrawiam

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  10. Giga in English...
    Beautiful pictures of the lovely flowers you did. I have had them in the garden once, but after a while disappeared. This year we planted a new one. Yours

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  11. I got to know this plant a little bit when I was visiting Austin earlier this year. I went to the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (or something like that!) Gaura was one of the plants in bloom- but it was red, I think. It must have a long blooming cycle since that was back in April!

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I always appreciate your comments & questions! Happy Gardening from David/ Tropical Texana