Gaura

Pretty bushy perennials, producing masses of flowers, on tall slender stems, creating an airy effect in the border. The flowers have four unequal sized petals, often narrow. The flowers range from white through to pink. Gauras prefer a light soil and full sun. Really wet may cause the plant to rot off. In late autumn, early winter, cut plants down by a third to half,as this will helping protect the plants from fros, and then again cut further down to new growth in the Spring after danger of fost has gone.