Gaillardia Blanket Flower Perennial

Removing faded flowers will greatly extend the blooming season.

Gaillardia blanket flower perennial. Thin to 1ft 30cm apart. Gaillardia plants blanket flower are wonderfully colorful and long blooming native wildflowers that are a perfect match for low water landscapes these drought resistant perennial plants thrive in heat sun and poorer soils yet don t need lot of supplemental water once established. Across 7 cm with a red center disk surrounded by red rays with yellow tips. This created a hybrid that offers the best of both worlds.

Seeds of perennials can be sown outside where they are to flower around may june time. This selection forms a low mound of olive green leaves bearing large flame red daisies each petal tipped with golden yellow. A long lived western native gaillardia aristata great blanket flower is an erect perennial wildflower boasting daisy like flower heads 3 in. If you like hardy perennials that have an extended bloom time try growing gaillardia also known as blanket flower perennial.

The plant is very showy and super easy to grow. If you like daisies you will love to grow gaillardia. Prick out pot on and plant out in may after hardening off. This very compact selection from the spintop series has flat serrated rich medium red petals and prominent gold stamens.

Sow half hardy annuals indoors in february march. Blooming from early to late summer about 2 3 weeks earlier than comparative varieties the daisy like flowers retain their vibrant color all season and do not fade. There are over two dozen species in the gaillardia genus and most are native to some area of north america. Gaillardia is a pretty perennial plant that has an extended bloom time to give you loads of color all season long.

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. Gaillardia also known as blanket flower is an easy to grow short lived perennial with richly colored daisy like flowers. The most common blanket flower is the result of a cross between a perennial species and an annual species. Blooming from late spring to fall the flowers provide continuous color in the garden or containers.

1 220 050 kobold blanket flowers are one of the longest blooming perennials well suited to hot sunny sites. 1 220 680 blanket flowers are valuable in the summer border for their very long season of bloom. The hardiness of the perennial parent coupled with the vigor and flowering capacity of the annual parent create a true garden knockout.