Arizona Sun Blanket Flower Perennial

This compact and uniform perennial produces masses of large 3 diameter fiery orange red blooms tipped by a ring of rich flame yellow.

Arizona sun blanket flower perennial. Here are some popular varieties. Since these plants bloom from early summer into. Reminiscent of the desert sun in arizona gaillardia x grandiflora arizona sun blanket flower produces 3 in. These feature wine red petals with a yellow center disk that ages to burgundy.

It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard but is. This variety produces trumpet shaped flowers that shade from soft red through yellow radiate from a rosy center disk. Some are dwarf size and others are taller. This selection blooms profusely even in the first year forming a low compact mound.

Blanket flower varieties. An all american selections award winner 2005. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun arizona series.

Flowers are large flame orange daisies with golden yellow tips. Arizona sun blanket flower is a dense herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Burgundy blanket flower 24 36 tall.

A 2005 all american selection and winner of the 2005 fleuroselect gold medal. Near end of season leave spent flower heads for seed to attract goldfinches. Gaillardia grows best in well drained fertile soil and once established requires little water making. With modest deadheading arizona sun blanket flower is covered with red orange and yellow bi colored flowers all season long.

Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. Forms a neat mound of lance shaped grayish green leaves. Most of the blanket flower gaillardia plants that we grow in our gardens are the variety gaillardia x grandiflora. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun blanket flower.

Blanket flowers are valuable for their very long season of bloom. Drought resistant perennial plant xeric. 2005 all america selections winner these 3 to 4 inch flowers have a red center surrounded by yellow. Gaillardia arizona sun is a low growing perennial plant that produces large flowers that are variations of dark to lighter red with bright yellow edges.

Commonly known as blanket flower the arizona sun requires little care to produce blooms from summer on into fall deadhead its spent blooms. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun photo courtesy of walters gardens inc. Butterflies are highly attracted to its bright colors. Gaillardia arizona sun common name blanket flower large fiery orange red blossoms of arizona sun are tipped by a ring of rich flame yellow.

Arizona sun gaillardia grows 6 12 tall in full sun. Wide 7 cm single flowers with mahogany red rays adorned with a golden yellow ring at their tips. Monrovia s arizona sun blanket flower details and information.