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Common Name: Blanket Flower      Latin Name: Gaillardia grandiflora      Size: 0 (min) to 0 (max)
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Gaillardia grandiflora

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Category: Perennial
Family: ASTERACEAE
Genus: Gaillardia
species: grandiflora
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Size: 0 (min) to 0 (max)
Size Description:
Notes:
Growth habit: Mounding
Foliage: Narrow, slightly lobed, gray-green and hairy leaves that are alternate or basal, 8 to 10 inches long including the petiole. Upper leaves are sessile and entire.
Flowers: Plants bloom from late spring or early summer until frost. The daisy-like flowers are either single or double and are as wide as 4 inches. The species has yellow ray flowers with yellow or purple disk flowers, but many cultivars exist that have other color combinations.
Culture: Gaillardias tolerate heat, cold, drought, strong winds and poor soils. For best performance, they should be planted in full sun in well-drained soil.
Uses: Bedding plant, cut flower
Propagation: Seed, division, root cuttings
Cultivars:
‘Fanfare’ is 18 inches tall and has tubular orange petals with yellow tips, surrounding a large burgundy eye. Flowers are almost lacy in appearance.
‘Arizona Sun’ was a 2005 All America Seed Selection.
‘Oranges and Lemons’
Notes courtesy of Sue Trusty.
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Plant Images and Specimens
Picture of Gaillardia grandiflora  Blanket Flower
Location: Zoo
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

Location: Civic Garden Center 2715 Reading Rd Cincinnati OH 45206
Specimen: 38
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Gaillardia
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Summer
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Gaillardia
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Summer
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Gaillardia
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Summer
Location: Ault Park 5090 Observatory Circle Cincinnati OH
Specimen: 71
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Gaillardia grandiflora
Location: Ault Park
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Late Summer 2008
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Gaillardia grandiflora
Location: Ault Park
Age: 2008
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Late Summer 2008
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