Re: [gardeners] Siskyou pink gaura

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Thank you, again, Martha. I can hardly wait to see those lovely pink
blossoms!

ron

Martha Brown wrote:

> Mine is 4 years old and it has gotten better every year like any
> other perennial.  In an area with a longer season it might be
> different.  I use a timed release fertilizer on everything
> because it is so sandy here which might help keep it going.  I
> also noticed one summer I didn't prune the older flowering stems
> out it didn't do as well.
>
> 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 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Siskyou pink gaura
>
> | 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
> | > |
> | > |
> |
> |
> |
> |

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