Any ideas please?

Hi I bought this yesterday from focus, it was reduced and looked pretty but there was no label.
Anyone know what it is please?

 

gaura lindheimeri, I think.
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/db/plantimages/Gaura_lindheimeri_L.JPG

 

Yes, I agree. I have a G lindheimeri, just cut it back yesterday, in fact. Loves the heat here. Lovely plant but I find you do have to cut it back two or three times a year to keep it looking good.

 

I grew mine from seed, and it's looking good in mother-in-law's side of the cottage garden. Must take a photo some day.....
Lovely plant. I like it and dierama pulcherrima for the same sort of effect, at different positions, over-looking a pond, for instance :D

 

Thanks everyone, it certainly is pretty and i'm hoping it is a perennial?

 

It is a perennial, Stingo, and likes well-drained soil and full sun. Don't forget to cut it back when it gets straggly to make it reflower and bush.

They are lovely when the breeze catches them. Their common name is Whirling Butterflies and they are from the same family as the Evening Primrose and their genus name translates as "beautiful".

 

In my experience they are only 50-50 for survival in the UK. maybe VERY sharp drainage is the answer as they appear to rot at ground level.

Lovely plants and much beloved of garden designers, often twinned with that pesky red 'thistle' Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' that seems to have taken over at Chelsea Flower Show.

I used them this year as interplanting between Loropetalum 'Firedance' that have yet to grow big enough. The combination of Loropetalum leaf and Gaura flower colour, and movement from the Gaura is enchanting. Still can't get Photobucket to work so no photos. Sorry.

 

I think Jazid is right. I had one and it died overwinter.

 

It certainly did not survive here. I am boasting that I grew it from wild collected seed long before it became common in garden centres etc.

 

I grew some from seed for one of our gardeners here for his flower beds last year and despite a couple of -5c in winter it has taken over this year (he didn't realise they needed cutting back, he does now).

 

I think I may keep it in the greenhouse over winter then either plant it in the garden or in a pot.