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Plant ID

19AMY19AMY Posts: 2

This plant is growing outside a villa we stayed at in Italy and I wondered if anyone could identify it. It's a round bush at the bottom with white flowers on long spindly stems. The way it moves in the breeze is really lovely.

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    Gaura lindheimeri. Sometimes known as whirling butterflies, which I think is a selection. It does better in hot areas, likes full sun.

  • Katherine WKatherine W Posts: 410

    Yep, one of the best things in my garden now... full sun and 40*C for weeks and is going strong with almost no watering. So light and elegant too. I love it.

  • 19AMY19AMY Posts: 2

    Thank you so much fidgetbones! That is a great help.

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    Its used a lot in Australia as bedding, it copes well with the hot summers in Perth. There is a pink form as well I think, remembering from browsing garden centres in Western Australia.

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