Planting guide

When to plant gaura

Wiry stems of butterfly-like flowers that dance in the breeze; tough and drought tolerant. In Melbourne it goes in Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Start as: Seedling
Flowers in: 1+ years to the first crop
Spacing: 60 cm
Depth: 0.5 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Low
Effort: Easy
Colours: pink, white
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means gaura can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Melbourne	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Brisbane	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Perth	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Adelaide	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Gold Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Newcastle	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Canberra	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Central Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Geelong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Hobart	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Townsville	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Launceston	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mackay	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Rockhampton	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Bundaberg	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Wellington	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Christchurch	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
London	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Manchester	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
New York City	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Chicago	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Austin	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Toronto	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Singapore	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mumbai	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Paris	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
Berlin	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○