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Pink Butterfly Bush
Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
One of the few long lived perennials in Southwest. The colorful flowers look like butterflies gathered around the low-growing tangle of Gaura stems & branches, its green leaves mottled maroon. Maroon buds open as bright pink. If never pruned, it becomes scruffy-looking at the center. To keep it relatively compact & refreshed, it should be hard-pruned before spring, near winter's end, but may in some years need a lighter pruning late in summer or whenever there seems to be a break in its everblooming habit; it will quickly grow back with renewed flowering. If planted on a ledge, it will grow downward over bricks or stones, forming a most pleasing cascade of butterfly-flowers. Fertilize in spring with rich organic fertilizer and mulch with compost. Drought tolerant once established
- Plant type: Perennial
- Maintenance level: Medium
- Water requirement: Low
- Sun exposure: Full, Part Sun
- Height range: 3 Feet
- Width range: 4 Feet
- Canopy value: 13 ft²
- Growth rate: Medium
- Flower color: Red, Pink
- Flower season: Summer, Autumn
- General foliage color: Green
- Design style: Pollinator Plants
- Soil preference: Sand, Loam, Well Drained
- Native location: Texas
- PH preference: Not Particular
- Sunset zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
- USDA hardiness zone: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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