Gaura! Gaura! Gaura!

Sep 8, 2009

Pollen-packing honey bees dangling from gaura (Gaura linheimeri) are a joy to photograph.

Gaura, native to Louisiana, Texas and Mexico, is a long-stemmed plant with a burst of pinkish-white petals that resemble whirling butterflies.

A member of the Onagraceae family (think primroses, fireweed and fuchsias), it's a perennial that needs little care.

Gaura! Gaura! Gaura!


By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Author - Communications specialist

Attached Images:

POLLEN-PACKING honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey Bee on Gaura

SIP, SIP, SIPPING AWAY--A honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sipping Away