PlantFiles: Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin'

This plant is a non-stop bloomer from early summer to mid-fall in my garden. It requires little care and is quite vigorous.

I'm considering taking this out of my garden. The plants flop and the stems are not very attractive, there are better varieties out there like 'Arizona Sun' and 'Burgundy'.

My Georgia summer started out great with these beautiful blooms but in late july the leaves started to lose the great green color and became yellow or white.i have them in my mailbox area and they are still blooming but don't look as good as before.

When I planted this last year, it was in a 4'' pot. It must now be 9'' across. It started blooming very early, in late May. It is still blooming, and I deadhead it regularly. It is drought resistant, as it is growing well near a mailbox with rocky, sandy, poor soil, and it does not get watered as much as the other plants. The only minor complaint is that some of the leaves seem to be fading. They were once a nice green color, but some are now yellow and white. Still, it keeps flowering!

These babies grow from May to October for me with so little care. Yellow and dark orange-red, and plentiful with attentive deadheading, or ...spent flowers are still cool looking if you want to pay less attention to them. Plus, other gallardia at other heights looks great and behave similarly for a low-maint garden.

My fave!

This is a cute little Gaillardia that is small enough to not flop, but it seems to be a bit temperamental. Light aids germination of seeds.

I am not sure what could go wrong with a Gaillardia, they all ask for so little and give so much.

I voluntarily take care of the flower beds on both sides of the front of our street. My side has a great oak over it, providing shade for my flowers in zone9b's humidity and heat. The other side of the street has absolutely no shade and most things just fry to death in the Florida sun. But not my blanket flowers! They provide great color and their foliage always looks so fresh and green. A definite pick for anyone looking for a plant that can withstand heat. Also a good choice if you live in a neighborhood with watering restrictions (like me). They get a little wider than I expected, which is a good thing. And they have mulitple buds and flowers covering them at any given time. Next year, I plan on adding more varieties of blanket flowers to the neighborhood.

Beautiful plant and long blooming for me. It draws the attention of everyone that walks through my gardens. It does self sow, but I make sure to hoe out the babies or transplant them, so I've not had an invasive problem with this plant.

Gaillardia is a plant that likes soil to be a bit drier, so don't overwater it. This variety is no exception. It's flowers are yellow, orange and red and are striking. Needs full sun to grow well and needs deadheading after blooms fade. It is a major attractor to bees, butterflies, birds and resistant to rabbits and deer.

One of THE BEST plants I've ever grown. Neat, upright stems, but it does spread. Gorgeous colorful blooms from June through frost in my area. Love it! Highly recommend it.

Flowers prolificly and the color is very cheerful. Self-sows freely and can be invasive, so remove babies as soon as they sprout. Bees, butterflies and birds love them! Not too tall and looks great in the front of a bed!