Arizona Sun Blanket Flower Perennial

Here are some popular varieties.

Arizona sun blanket flower perennial. A 2005 all american selection and winner of the 2005 fleuroselect gold medal. Burgundy blanket flower 24 36 tall. 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.

Near end of season leave spent flower heads for seed to attract goldfinches. 2005 all america selections winner these 3 to 4 inch flowers have a red center surrounded by yellow. This compact and uniform perennial produces masses of large 3 diameter fiery orange red blooms tipped by a ring of rich flame yellow. Drought resistant perennial plant xeric.

Wide 7 cm single flowers with mahogany red rays adorned with a golden yellow ring at their tips. Gaillardia arizona sun common name blanket flower large fiery orange red blossoms of arizona sun are tipped by a ring of rich flame yellow. Forms a neat mound of lance shaped grayish green leaves. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun blanket flower.

With modest deadheading arizona sun blanket flower is covered with red orange and yellow bi colored flowers all season long. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun photo courtesy of walters gardens inc. This selection blooms profusely even in the first year forming a low compact mound. Monrovia s arizona sun blanket flower details and information.

These feature wine red petals with a yellow center disk that ages to burgundy. Reminiscent of the desert sun in arizona gaillardia x grandiflora arizona sun blanket flower produces 3 in. Arizona sun gaillardia grows 6 12 tall in full sun. Flowers are large flame orange daisies with golden yellow tips.

Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. 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. Gaillardia arizona sun is a 2005 all america selections winner because of its outstanding hardiness everblooming flowers and drought tolerance. An all american selections award winner 2005.

Some are dwarf size and others are taller. Red center with yellow outer petals. Most of the blanket flower gaillardia plants that we grow in our gardens are the variety gaillardia x grandiflora. This short lived perennial is renowned for its profuse long lasting colorful mounds of bright flowers atop an attractive gray green foliage from early summer to fall.

It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard but is. Butterflies are highly attracted to its bright colors. This variety produces trumpet shaped flowers that shade from soft red through yellow radiate from a rosy center disk. Commonly known as blanket flower the arizona sun requires little care to produce blooms from summer on into fall deadhead its spent blooms.

Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Blanket flowers are valuable for their very long season of bloom. Blanket flower varieties.