Chigger Chow and Gaura drummondii

Gaura drummondii, also known as Gaura odorata has a poor presence on the World Wide Web (WWW).  The sad fact is, most references feature Gaura drummondii as a troublesome weed in California, where it is introduced, probably by environmental refuges from the Tejas Republico.

So, Ray decided he would rectify the scanty attention paid to this rhizomatous Gaura, since we have plenty of it at the CB.  Here is an underexposed and massively post processed picture of Gaura drummondii growing adjacent to the north fence.  See.  There's plenty of it at this location.  Ray thought briefly about going back to take another picture since this one is underexposed.  But nope.  No more chigger chow for those chiggers in that chigger habitat. Uh.  We had to censor Ray from featuring a photo of some of his chigger bites with this article

Here are some pictures of the flowers and fruits as well.


Flower fairly fresh.

Flowers faded to pink in the sweltering heat.

Fruits.

Many of the fruits on this plant abort early, so fruits are sometimes hard to come by.