Welcome to the forum!

I grew Gaura lindheimeri/wandflower from seed via winter sowing in 2010 so my own plants aren't nursery-grown. I've learned to be patient with them coming up rather later than other perennials each year but they have reliably returned & bloomed every year since I first planted out the seedlings. They're very enthusiastic bloomers and the bees love them so I'm very glad I added them to my garden beds.

I can't say any of my plants appear to have been adversely affected by harsh winter weather. The link below will display additional information about gaura--hope this is helpful.

Here is a link that might be useful: Missouri Botanical Garden

Hi, Gardenweed!

Thanks for the advice. Some of mine seeded themselves eventually, but they were a little slow coming up in the Spring. At first I was pulling them out because I thought they were weeds! I finally caught on. Ha!

Thanks!

Hi Michelle ! Welcome to the hidden gem of garden web :) . Your bed photo is so pretty and a sight for sore eyes !!! Looks so lush and stuffed with pretties.
I hope you post more of your garden this spring !!

Thanks! I hope to!

I think that gaura is quite winter hardy. It always returns for me in zone 5-6. But it likes very good drainage. My soil is very rocky, so gaura is reliable and selfseeds like crazy. I think that if your gaura gets wet feet during winter, it might not return in spring. I am trying to pull out a lot of my gaura, and they have huge taproots, plus they usually return from small pieces of roots left.

I wonder if mine die out sometimes because of the heavy snow we get....?

Thanks, NHBabs. A lot of my soil is very clay-ish, so maybe that's the problem. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome Michelle! Your garden is lovely! I needed that today.

Yes! Soon it will all be coming back! Can't wait!

Michelle, your garden is lovely. Might you say which zone you are in? Also, what is the white flower growing upwards. My old eyes can`t tell ! Your garden is a site for these winter worn eyes. Lesley

What a lovely bed, very welcoming. As to Gaura I have tried to grow it several times here but alas our winters seem to be too wet for it :(.

Hi, Huckdog and aftermindnight! Thanks for the nice compliments! I'm in Zone 5a. The white flower is actually a climbing rose. I'm trying to get it to go all the way around the entryway, but it's slow going. I'm probably not pruning it right! Sorry about your Gaura, aftermidnight. I'm anxious to see if any of mine returns this year.