Blanket Flower Gaillardia Grandiflora

The plant grows from about 15 to a maximum height of 3 feet.

Blanket flower gaillardia grandiflora. Flowerheads get 3 to 4 in diameter and come in red yellow orange burgundy or a mix of above colors. Gaillardia aristata and gaillardia pulchella randomly cross bred in a garden in belgium back in the 1800 s to produce gaillardia grandiflora blanket flower. It is a cross between two species in the gaillardia genus. Gaillardia also known as blanket flower is an easy to grow short lived perennial with richly colored daisy like flowers.

The genus gaillardia commonly known as blanket flower produces large daisy shaped flowers with petals featuring multiple colors usually red orange and yellow. Gaillardia x grandiflora are hybrids of g. Genus name honors gaillard de charentonneau a french magistrate and patron of botany. The most commonly grown species.

Best cultivated in full sun in well drained soil. The plant earned its botanical name from eighteenth century french magistrate m. Gaillardia pulchella has grey green leaves with large single or double flowers from july october. Gaillardia ɡeɪˈlɑːrdiə common name blanket flower is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family asteraceae native to north and south america.

Gaillardia is also known commonly as blanket flower a reference to the bright and vivid colors reminiscent of the traditional textile patterns of certain groups of native americans. The hybrid name grandiflora means large flowered. It was named after maître gaillard de charentonneau an 18th century french magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist. There are over two dozen species in the gaillardia genus and most are native to some area of north america.

The flowers seemed to remind people of brightly colored native american blankets and many started calling them indian blanket flower. Height 1 5 to 2ft 45 60cm spread 1ft 300mm. A beautiful perennial that is widely grown today in gardens. The cultivar lorenziana double mixed is a mix of cream yellow orange crimson and multi coloured blooms.

However some authorities suggest that the name blanket flower was originally in reference to the habit of wild species plants to form colonies which blanketed the ground. Grandiflora forms mounds and grows to 3 high and wide. Blanket flower is a hybrid that occurred naturally in a belgian garden in the 1800 s gaillardia aristata and gaillardia pulchella crossed to make the new species gaillardia grandiflora blanket flower is a perennial lasting several years is hardy from usda zones 3 10. The gaillardia flower has very vibrant and bold colors in red yellow and orange with a blanket like quilted look from which it gets its common name.

Will blanket flower take over my flower bed.