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Gaillardia grandiflora |
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| Common name |
blanketflower |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
warm colors, summer |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
From seed  |
easy, germinate at room temperature with exposure to light
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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Flowering in various colors in the yellow to red spectrum, gaillardia adds a warm note to the middle of the border. Our first plants were the selections 'Burgundy' and 'Goblin'. The originals are long gone, replaced by their offspring, with somewhat different coloring. The plant at left has elements of 'Goblin', but with a warmer orangy-red and much more subtle yellow coloring at the tips; we like it better.
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| | This one is close to 'Burgundy'. |
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| | This one is close to 'Goblin' |
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| | Our first 'Fanfare' to bloom. This one is a newer hybrid, touted for its tubular petals. A nice one, for sure. |
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| | Spent flowers look cool, too |
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| | Nameless burgundy variety, the first gaillardia of our Texas garden |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: waterfall pondside About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Barrie | Jun 29, 2006 | I can attest from personal experience that blanket flower does extremely well in windy, dry, sandy places (such as the Georgia Coastal Plain). From my exposure to blanket flower, it would be a great plant for beachside gardens. It also does well in the Piedmont of Georgia, which tends to have clay soils, humidity, and very warm summers. |
| Diane | Apr 21, 2008 | 'Goblin' variety does very well in drought conditions. After planting some small plants in cottage country near Haliburton Ontario, and abandoning them they came back the next year. I improved the soil for them before plating and watered them when I could. But they seem to like being put through tough conditions. |
| Betty Case | Jul 29, 2008 | My friend is trying to closely identify a Wyoming wildflower that closely resembles the "amber wheels" gaillardia. But it is hairy, like "old man of the mountain." Might these two plants hybridize? |
| Betty Case | Jul 29, 2008 | P.S. On second look, my Wyoming friend's photo of this wildflower looks very much like your "Fanfare." But there's still a question about the hairiness of the stem and even a part of the blossom on my friend's photo. If anyone can tell if this might be hybridized with "old man of the mountain" please let me know. Thanks much! |
- Seed for 'Fanfare' from '03 trade. Baggy 70F with light (50%G, 6-8d)
- Seed for 'Aristata mix' from '07 trade. Baggy 70F (15%G, 5-17d)
Seed for 'Burgundy from '07 trade. Baggy 70F (7%G, 5d)
- Seed for 'mix' from '14 trade. Baggy 70F (29%G, 5-7d)
Traded/home-collected seed tends to have a high fraction of duds; viable seeds germinate readily.
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