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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Red Orange Bright Yellow
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall Mid Fall Blooms repeatedly
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; sow indoors before last frost From seed; direct sow after last frost
Seed Collecting: Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Aug 15, 2007, distantkin from Saint Cloud, MN (Zone 4b) wrote:
This plant is very hardy. I dug it up and moved it, divided it, cut it and even accidentaly drove my car over it (only once-long story :o) ) all during a drought! It looked very bad at times, even when I thought it was dead, it still came back!...Here it is-at the end of a hot summer and it is blooming again!
It is a very bright and cheerful plant. I love it!
On Mar 21, 2007, berrygirl from Braselton, GA (Zone 7b) wrote:
GAILLARDIA - Blanket Flower - Medium 24" - Plant 12" apart. Aptly named. Red with a yellow band.
General Information:
Ever-blooming from the early summer on. Very showy banded flowers "blanket" this plant. The ends of the petals have a torn ruffled appearance. Butterflies are drawn to it.
Plant Care:
New plantlets can be started by cutting straight down along the side of a clump in midsummer. New plants will form at the severed roots. Completely carefee. Best in poor loose soils (no clay).
On Aug 9, 2003, starshine from Bend, OR (Zone 6a) wrote:
This plant is very similar to the Rudbeckia, and for a long time I thought that it was some type of Rudbeckia, but it is not. Vivid colours splash your garden with this everblooming flower. It will peek up during the end of June and continue to bloom until it frosts, provided you deadhead the old blooms.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Bakersfield, California Broomfield, Colorado Rincon, Georgia Nilwood, Illinois Davenport, Iowa Troy, Michigan Saint Cloud, Minnesota Auburn, New Hampshire Roswell, New Mexico Bend, Oregon North Augusta, South Carolina Sweetwater, Tennessee Houston, Texas Irving, Texas Kalama, Washington
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