Gaura lindheimeri Seeds | Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
LATIN NAME: Gaura lindheimeri
COMMON NAME: Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
Plant Profile
Lindheimer’s Beeblossom (Gaura lindheimeri) grows as a perennial in the evening-primrose family. The Lindheimer’s beeblossom is fine, white wand of summer border, and four-petalled flowers open along tall, wand-like stems. Plant is a fine, generous presence of summer garden, and it is a plant of open, sunny, well-drained ground. It is hard to name another plant that gives this much for this little trouble.
Science & Biotechnology
Botanists studying the evening-primrose family regularly include Gaura lindheimeri in comparative work, and the species also appears in horticultural trials aimed at gardeners and growers. Modern propagation practice has made this species straightforward to raise by ordinary good methods.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Lindheimer’s Beeblossom for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. The Lindheimer’s beeblossom is a fine, airy plant of summer border and prairie garden. It is a fine, airy plant of open, sunny, well-drained garden. Cut old stems down in late autumn, and fresh wands will come again from the base. In later seasons it demands little more than an appreciative eye.
Like the best garden herbs, it rewards growers twice: once in the garden with scent and pollinators, and again in the home as a traditional household herb.
Growing from Seed
Raising Lindheimer’s Beeblossom from seed is straightforward. Level a tray of loose seed compost, sow evenly, cover to about the seed’s own depth, and keep it moist in full light. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
Lindheimer’s Beeblossom repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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