Gaura lindheimeri "Passionate Pink" ™
The shiny pink flowers are held above the foliage and put on a spectacular
flower show throughout the Spring, Summer and early Fall
months. The red to green foliage likes full sunshine, the
foliage is much redder than green.
Gaura "Passionate Pink" grows
to 30 inches in height and 24 inches in width (80cm x 80cm).
This New Cultivar is more upright and compact than either
parent.
Prune: A light prune to remove spent flower
stems in mid summer can extend flowering.
Gaura lindheimeri, known by its common name "Bee
Blossom" is from the Onagraceae
family of plants. A native to North America, it can be found in Texas and
Louisiana and as far south as the central regions of Mexico.
Gaura lindheimeri was scarcely
known in normal production nurseries and with the exception
of the cultivar Whirling Butterflies was scarcely seen. That
began to change in 1994 with the introduction
of Gaura "Siskiyou Pink", an introduction by Mr. Baldassare
Mineo and his company Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery, Medford,
Oregon, U.S.A. Gaura "Siskiyou
Pink" was
found as a pink flowering sport of a white flowering seedling of Gaura lindheimeri.
Mr. Mineo and the cultivar "Siskyou Pink" can claim responsibility
for the introduction for the genus Gaura to mainstream perennial growers
around the world. Now, Mr.
Baldassare Mineo of Siskiyou Rare Plants Nursery introduces Gaura "Passionate
Pink"™ to follow his extraordinary introduction, Gaura "Siskiyou
Pink".
In this New Introduction the cross was a combination of "Siskiyou Pink" and
the cultivar Dauphine.
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Color: pink
Blooming Season: Summer/ Fall
Zone: 6
Plant Patent: PP13189 |
