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Gaura! Gaura! Gaura!

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!

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