Blanket Flower Gaillardia Arizona Sun
Gaillardia also known as blanket flower is an easy to grow short lived perennial with richly colored daisy like flowers.
Blanket flower gaillardia arizona sun. Arizona sun blanket flower gaillardia x arizona sun sku 3571 large boldly colored fiery red flowers edged with a ring of vivid yellow on a compact heat and drought tolerant plant. Available from thompson morgan. Available from thompson morgan. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun blanket flower arizona sun will reach a height of 0 5m and a spread of 0 4m after 1 2 years.
If you have a hot location and find that other flowers wilt from the heat try growing gaillardia. Arizona sun s bold red blooms are edged in bright yellow making a fun and bright statement from early summer to fall. Blanket flowers are valuable for their very long season of bloom. Gaillardia aristata burgundy has large wine red flowers.
Blanket flower arizona sun gaillardia aristata arizona sun reminiscent of the desert sun in arizona gaillardia x grandiflora arizona sun blanket flower produces 3 in. Gaillardia burgundy has waxy red maroon flowers with slight pale yellow centers from early june through. Gaillardia grandiflora arizona sun has better uniformity and more numerous flowers than older varieties and is a remarkable garden performer. This selection blooms profusely even in the first year forming a low compact mound.
The only problem i had with it is that it developed white smut disease which is known to occur in gaillardia s echinaceas and a few other host plants. It is very happy in a hot garden. Sunlight needs for blanket flower gaillardia plant likes full sun and it flowers best when it gets 6 8 hours of direct sunlight daily. Gaillardia aristata arizona sun has bright orange red and yellow daisy like flowers.
There are over two dozen species in the gaillardia genus and most are native to some area of north america. It won the all american selections award in 2005 and we aren t surprised. I planted in 2008 and it came back without a problem. Thrives in hot sunny sites.
Arizona sun blanket flower is one of our finest gaillardia cultivars with showy three inch single flowers that are mahogany red with bright yellow edges. Arizona sun gaillardia was a beautiful bright colored and heavily flowering plant for me. I planted in 2008 and it came back without a problem. Flowers are large flame orange daisies with golden yellow tips appearing from june into the autumn.