Blanket Flower - Gaillardia

Blanket Flower is an herbaceous perennial plant. Captivate your neighbors and local pollinators with its bold red and yellow flowers.

Plant Details - Blanket Flower

Family: Asteraceae

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Water Needs: Low

Height: 2 – 3 ft.

Spread: 1 – 2 ft.

Growth Rate: Moderate

Bloom Time: Summer

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife Value: Attracts bees and butterflies

Landscape Uses and Maintenance 

Blanket Flower is one member of the Daisy family that has very bold, brightly colored flowers. It is a sharp contrast to the pure white of the Oxeye Daisy! It is a perennial plant that is easy to maintain and prefers to be planted in full sun. Flowers have a shorter life span but will return year after year.

This plant will bloom from summer through early fall to give you a long lasting display.

This is a great option for the gardener that has plenty of full sun, poor soil in their garden, and is looking for a low maintenance plant.

Plant this flower in an area of your garden that has well-drained soil. This plant does not like waterlogged soil. Avoid planting in heavy clay soils.

No need to fertilize. Adding fertilizer to this plant will cause leggy stems and less blooming. In contrast to many plants, these prefer poor soil with less nutrients or organic matter, so avoid the addition of fertilizer to encourage steady, reliable blooms from this plant.

A vibrant addition to your pollinator or butterfly garden, garden border, or rock garden with its bold colors. As a bonus, you can quickly deadhead spent flowers to encourage more blooms during the growing season. Leave the flowers alone to encourage self-seeding and spreading of this plant in your garden.

Water it regularly when first planted. Once established in your garden, it is a drought tolerant plant that will need very little watering.

This is a deer-resistant and pest resistant plant. No major fungal or disease issues.

Noteworthy Characteristics

With its fiery blooms that are full of nectar, Blanket Flower is a pollinator magnet and is attractive to pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds.

This Is How Your Plants Will Look upon Delivery

Bloom Season

Summer

Bloom/Foliage Color

Red

Height at Maturity

Under 12"

Care

Take care of Blanket Flowers by planting them in well-drained soil and watering them moderately. It's essential to let the soil dry between watering. Remove spent blooms to encourage continuous flowering. Blanket Flowers do well in poor soils and only require minimal fertilization.

Plant Reproduction

Blanket Flower spread by self-seeding and sprawl through gardens.

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