I notice this with my gaura too this time of year. I think their heaviest bloom time is in the spring and early summer. I also notice new growth at the base and cut the old growth back. The new growth will take off and produce another batch of blooms for you in a few weeks.

Carrie in San Angelo

I bought one at HD in June and planted it in partial shade. Mine is putting on lots of new growth and has a couple of blooms. We are very dry so I'm having to make sure it gets watered.

Peggy in Ballinger

Maybe mine are dud's, but I did keep the receipts!
I forgot about 1 that I have in dappled sun, it isn't doing anything either. It might be because hubs dropped a big rock on it though :)

Do y'all fertilize them or anything? I have compost and some MG liquid stuff, maybe they need something. I did an experiment today and gave half of them haircuts, we'll see what happens.

I shovel pruned my gaura last week. It is in full sun but the rains have kept that flower bed moist for over a month and that did it in. I have grown gaura before and have found that it does poorly in partial shade. In full sun and good drainage it blooms repeatedly as long as the spent bloom stalks are cut. good luck with yours. BTW, I find they do not seem to require much if any fertilization.

Mine also get like this during the hotter time of the year. They produce lots of blooms during spring/early summer and again in fall. Tho, with the cooler temps we've been having, I do have a few blooms now. I think I'm going to prune mine so they'll have a nice flush in the fall (and not look so raggedy right now!).

Stephanie

It looks like I'll have to be patient, there is new growth so that's a good sign. I've got full sun & good drainage so hopefully Ma Nature will cooperate.
Everything I read about them said blooms til frost so I was a bit concerned.

Gaura is native, so shouldn't need too much tlc as far as fertilizer goes. Since this is your first year with it, don't prune it too hard, but enough to allow for the new growth. If any of the stems are dead, cut them off at the base. Mine get a half day of sun - shade in the morning and sun in the afternoon. They would probably be happier with more sun, but are okay where they're located now.