Graceful Magic Whirling Butterflies

Graceful Magic is the Magic selection in Dümmen Orange's Graceful series of gaura, identified by product code 81080. It forms an upright, compact plant with airy pink flowers and ornamental foliage that adds color before and between bloom periods. ## Growth and seasonal display The breeder describes Graceful Magic as an early-flowering, first-year-flowering selection with an upright habit, pink blooms, and red foliage; its catalog notes tricolored foliage. Grower listings place it at about 12–18 inches tall and 18 inches wide, with a natural flowering season in late spring and USDA zones 6–9. See the [Dümmen Orange product profile](https://na.dummenorange.com/app/en/products/usa/gaura/graceful-magic/PAT_81080) and [Graceful series catalog](https://na.dummenorange.com/app/externalresource/site/documents/9185/do-perennials-catalog-24-25-digital.pdf). ## Siting Plant in full sun and use it near the front of a perennial border or in a container where its fine stems can move in the breeze. Allow roughly 18 inches for the garden spread. The breeder highlights the selection's pink color group and red foliage; some grower descriptions also note cream and green variegation. ## Maintenance Provide regular water during establishment and allow the soil to drain freely. The Graceful series is heat tolerant, and Dümmen Orange lists Magic as heat, humidity, and drought tolerant; a nursery guide recommends treating drought tolerance as established-plant performance. Bees visit the flowers. Trim spent stems when their appearance declines, and avoid rich, wet conditions that can weaken gaura stems. The product is listed as a commercial variety, so the scientific name retains the taxon and the explicit series, selection label, and product code without adding an unsupported cultivar epithet.