Re: [gardeners] Siskyou pink gaura
ronhay (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:40:46 -0800
Thank you, Martha,
for the information. Are gaura really perennial, or do they die away, as
that one cataloge suggested. Not a big deal, would just like to know.
There is, oddly enough, very little about them on the web, aside from
nurseries that supply them, wholesale.
Thanks again.
Ron
Martha Brown wrote:
> One of my favorite plants.
>
> The flowering stems may get to over 3 feet on mine but they arch
> so actual height is probably 24 to 30 inches. Mine is wider than
> it is tall but very airy. When the stems get really long and
> blooms are sparse on them I cut them back individually a few at a
> time and they continue to bloom until hard frost.
>
> Martha
> M Brown
> NW Oklahoma, USA
> USDA Zone 6b, Sunset Zone 35
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ronhay <ronhay@pacbell.net>
> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 9:37 AM
> Subject: [gardeners] Siskyou pink gaura
>
> | Dear friends,
> |
> | We are thinking of putting in Siskyou pink gaura in a bed
> dividing our
> | lawn from our neighbor's to the east. One catalog states that
> they grow
> | 4' tall; another, that they grow to 18". The first catalog
> states
> | nothing as to their longevity; the second says that the plants
> blossom
> | so profusely, that they need to be replaced every 3-4 years.
> |
> | Any ideas?
> |
> | Ron
> | Van Nuys, CA
> |
> |