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Gaura for FREE - top tips

Anya Lautenbach

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I absolutely love Gaura, and in this video I’m sharing how I grow and propagate it to create beautiful plants for FREE.

Gaura is a wonderfully easy perennial to grow, with delicate flowers from early summer right through to autumn. All the Gaura in my garden came from one original cutting taken from a friend’s garden proof that you really can create a beautiful garden without spending a fortune.

In this video I share my tips for growing Gaura successfully, propagating new plants and getting the best from them in the garden.

ABOUT GAURA
🌱 Easy to grow
🌱 Flowers from early summer into autumn
🌱 Wonderful in borders and pots
🌱 Prefers full sun and well-drained soil
🌱 Can tolerate relatively dry conditions once established

WHEN TO PROPAGATE GAURA
Late summer to early autumn, or spring to early summer.

Propagation and growing plants for free are at the heart of the way I garden. I hope this encourages you to have a go yourself - one plant really can become many.

More about propagation and growing PLANTS FOR FREE is in my first book, The Money-Saving Gardener: https://geni.us/TheMoneySavingGardener
Happy Gardening!

20 Comments

@JuliannePressman 3 weeks ago

My favorite plant! I am in Zone 7a and find they die over the winter. I am going to try to propagate as well as move my 8 current plants to a raised bed in late October to hopefully keep alive til next year.

@otter999 1 month ago

Finally someone who actually giving sincere detailed affordable and fruitful gardening advice! Anya you are the best! True garden people revolutionist! There is no excuse now of making any little garden beautiful :) More people will grow flowers more pollinators will survive. I have your first book - I really enjoy parts of 'your favourites' where you write about specific varieties of one type of plant, I found very useful before choosing and investing of what to bring in my garden. I didn't know that there are truly perennial tulip bulbs before:) Subscribed now - and waiting for new episodes. Thank you for sharing your experience x

@margosiebenmorgen3634 1 month ago

Thank you so much!!! Gaura is one of my most favorite plants / flowers. This year is the first time I actually got plants from seeds. I was amazed on how well they are doing. Perfect timing for me too, as I can now take cuttings and have more Gaura. Thank you so very much!!!!

@ЕвгенияА-г2г 4 weeks ago

Спасибо за совет по размножению гауры!!!!

@marktodd7397 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the advice Anya. I just started gardening this year after getting some plants given to me and growing flowers from seed. I bought a Gaura from Aldi supermarket with another two plants for £5-00 and have really enjoyed it all summer. I will try and do some cuttings like you have explained 🙂

@totallydomestic433 1 month ago (edited)

I grew my white guara from seeds I bought because one plant cost $11.00!
They bloomed then stopped. Now they are blooming again. Yay!
I didn’t know you should not divide. You saved me a disaster.

@mria-ro7wh 1 month ago (edited)

Щиро дякую Вам за корисні поради і важливу інформацію 💖💖💖

@bev.sarkonak5646 2 weeks ago

I quit growing these, as they are expensive, I am in Zone 3....burr Thank you for this information!

@jennyfarley6990 1 month ago

So pleased you are doing full-length u tube videos now . I have your second and third books, which I find so inspirational. Keep the utube videos coming! I particularly welcome your thoughts on appreciating the beauty of plants, and the joy gardening brings. Thanks again.

@Камила-к7е8б 1 month ago (edited)

О Боже мой ! Большое спасибо ! А я думаю , куда исчезла моя Гаура ! Хорошо ,что есть перевод ! Подписалась на Вас ! 💮💮💮

@elfling7 1 month ago (edited)

Hello, what a lovely plant! I did not know this one! Just ordered a pink and a white one and will take cuttings as you advise. Thank you for all the great videos you put out! I also have your money saving book and am looking into it often. Fantastic tips! Thank you again! Much love from Belgium 💕💐

@goranasaljic6442 1 month ago

I've just taken my first gaura cuttings from two different plants. We'll see what happens. Thank you! Greetings from Serbia!

@homeis8478 1 month ago

"I'm not saying that my Kids are needy"... so funny!!! We understand perfectly! You're a good teacher💕

@tinahart1712 2 weeks ago

This is an excellent video well done you are so thorough with all the detail. There is a new variety of Russian Sage called ‘little spires’ it doesn’t flop as much as the normal Russian Sage and it not as tall this is another excellent plant for your heat tolerant garden. You are so inspiring thank you ❤

@Karen-wn4wh 1 month ago

Absolutely love gaura! I only bought my first plant this summer! And that’s thanks to you. It’s stunning! And I’ve got lots of cuttings taken too. Thank you for all your advice 🌸🪏🪴🙂⭐️

@joycepeters3226 1 month ago

You are adorable, so clever, informative and enthusiastic. I am so pleased you are making you tube videos, can't wait to learn from you.

@truthbetold2611 1 month ago

White Whirling Butterflies, my prized plant in the garden. It shines with the movement in the breeze. The pink one is more stiffened and less lively.

@leesawright350 1 month ago (edited)

With the summers getting longer and increasingly warmer, I looked around my garden this morning and took stock of things. Which plants have made it through the months of heat and very little rain and have not only survived but thrived? Gaura is a clear winner. I made a mental note, "need more Gaura, will do some divisions next spring." THANK GOODNESS I watched your video first, Anya! This video answered all my questions in a clear way with the perfect amount of detail. I now have heel cuttings in a jar of water out of direct sunlight outside in my garden, as you instructed. You are a natural teacher. Thank you from the PNW!

@sarahhartmann1203 1 month ago

Thanks so much for this video! I would like to get a lot more Gaura in my garden and now I know how to do it. I am going straight outside to take some heel cuttings!

@robsontd 1 month ago

Thanks Anya! I found gaura because of one of your YouTube videos mentioning it. Luckily I found (only) one white gaura plant at a local nursery and it's grown beautifully for past 4 months on my deck in full sun. I've cut it back once and it's blooming again now. Since I've now learned how to take cuttings (from this video) I'm heading out to do that RIGHT NOW! Can't wait to multiply my beautiful gaura plant -- so easy from your thorough, clear instructions! Wish me luck!