Oenothera, Appleblossom Grass, Gaura, Lindheimer's Beeblossom 'Gaudi Red'

Picked this up on a whim on the discount table at the local big box store last summer. It didn't grow much bigger but did flower nicely. ...Read MoreI was surprised to see it come back this spring. Through mid July this year I have yet to see any flowers. The foliage looks good, a dark green with maroon tips standing 18" tall. Neutral rating due to no flowers this year and tends to flop after a rain.
Update 5-25-17: Last year the plant looked healthy, as described above, but never did flower. Sadly it didn't come back this spring.

Habit is compact, dense, and well branched. Produces a lot more flowering stems, and a lot more flowers, than the species. Blooms nonstop...Read More all summer till frost.

The foliage is not variegated, but dark green. Stems are an attractive red.

It has not wintered over for me in Boston Z6a, in sandy well-drained soils and full sun.

"Whirling Butterflies" is the name of a sterile white-flowered cultivar, not a common name for the species. The common name is "gaura".

Found it at the local Malmart. Planted it in full Florida sun, late spring, in a deep sedum ground cover. It took off to become a live m...Read Moreobile, 3ft tall, 4ft diameter in constant bloom.It requires little water in its setting. Am about to try dry stem propagation. More later.