FoliageGaura
Gaura lindheimeri
Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 5-9, that matures to about 1-2 ft × 0.8-1.5 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect pink and white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to deer, drought and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1-2 ft × 0.8-1.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Pink, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Heat
- Native to
- Southeastern U.S.A.
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Gaura is hardy to about -20°F (estimated from USDA zone 5), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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