2024年12月13日 · Blanket flower, also known as gaillardia, is an easy-to-grow, short-lived wildflower with richly colored, daisy-like blooms. These fast-growing plants mature to 24 inches tall with a 20-inch spread. This garden favorite puts out large showy blossoms in shades of orange, red, yellow, white, purple, and peach throughout the warm season.

Gaillardia / ɡeɪˈlɑːrdiə / [3] (common name blanket flower) [4] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, [5][6] an 18th-century French magistrate who was an enthusiastic botanist.

2019年1月23日 · Gaillardia is also known commonly as “blanket flower,” a reference to the bright and vivid colors reminiscent of the traditional textile patterns of certain groups of Native Americans. The plant earned its botanical name from eighteenth-century French magistrate M. Gaillard de Charentonneau.

For easy long-lasting color in the garden, few plants rival blanket flower. Gaillardia is a sun-loving prairie native with daisy-like flowers that needs little care once established, rewarding with months of continuous bloom from late spring to fall.

Gaillardia, commonly known as Blanket Flower, is a genus native to North and South America, with a prominent presence in the plains and Western regions of the United States. Most blanket flowers admired in our gardens are hybrids resulting from a cross between Gaillardia pulchella (annual) and Gaillardia aristata (perennial).

2023年8月17日 · Gaillardia is a genus that contains between 25 and 30 stunning species of annual, biennial, and perennial flowering plants. These flowers are growing in a wide range of habitats, such as grasslands, valleys, open prairies, montane areas, meadows, or dry plains. They are native to numerous regions of South and North America.

Gaillardias, also known as blanket flowers, are good news for the gardener who has poor, dry soil and hot, sunny conditions. These bright, cheery flowers actually prefer poor soil and heat and are short-lived when planted in heavy, moist soil. Gaillardias have fringed petals and interesting markings in yellow, orange, pink and red.