Gaillardia Plants

Gaillardia plants produce long stems topped off with 2 to 4-inch daisy-like blossoms. Flowers will be in sunset and sunrise shades of reds, oranges and yellows, though the full spectrum ranges from buff to brown. The blossoms provide bold contrast in flower beds, borders and containers. Its leaves are slightly hairy, which may be why deer and rabbits prefer not to munch on them, though butterflies and bees love them.


Gaillardia, pronounced gay-LAR-dee-uh, is also commonly referred to as the Blanket Flower because they are a wildflower that used to grow profusely, ‘blanketing’ the North American prairies. As easy-to-grow as they are beautiful, just find a hot, sunny spot with well-drained soil; once established they’ll require very little care. They are salt, drought and humidity tolerant, actually seeming to grow best in poor soils. Occasional removal of spent blooms will encourage further blooming.


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Arizona Apricot Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

The 'Arizona Apricot' Gaillardia Plant is the more subtle sister to its older siblings Arizona Sun and Arizona Red. Blooming in multi-layered petals that make these 3.5-inch blossoms appear even larger, the orangish-pink blush on the Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower is the perfect complement to intermingle with Arizona's flashier, but equally gorgeous siblings.

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Arizona Sun Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

The 'Arizona Sun' Gaillardia Plant is well-named. Bearing absolutely dazzling large blossoms, the colors on this Blanket Flower are nothing short of incredible. A large button-shaped eye first draws you in with rich shades of brick red and yellow. Flowing outward from the eye the color becomes a vibrant orangey-red that seems to glow with an inner fire, and then each petal seems to have been dipped in the brightest yellow imaginable; the perfect finish to a portrait of the Arizona sun.

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Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

The 'Arizona Red Shades' Gaillardia Plant bears plump, stunning brick-red flowers, about 20% of which will have a bit of sunny yellow at their tips. This charming characteristic only adds increased interest to the slightly notched, deeply veined, daisy-like petals that barely seem to be attached to the intense brownish-red eye. Plant this Blanket Flower with the Arizona Sun or Mesa Yellow variety for unsurpassed drama and beauty!

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Burgundy Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

Our 'Burgundy' Gaillardia Plant produces tons of wine-red, daisy-like blossoms held on strong, sturdy, upright stems. What makes this Blanket Flower variety so attractive, besides the magnificent color, is the fact that the button-like center morphs from bright yellow to oxblood red as the blossom matures. The over-all affect is quite dramatic!

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Fanfare Gaillardia Plant

Price $7.00

The 'Fanfare' Gaillardia Plant comes by its name quite honestly. Rather than petals around the intense burgundy-colored eye; this variety produces individual trumpet-shaped flowers instead, which are colored remarkably like candy-corn. This particular Blanket Flower is a customer favorite and one you just have to experience for yourself!Sold Out for 2013

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Goblin Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

The 'Goblin' Gaillardia Plant is a hardy and brightly colored Blanket Flower. Its large, lime green and blood red button center is shown off by the scarlet hues, seemingly brushed onto the notched, lacy-looking petals of lemony yellow. Goblin is definitely a memorable name for an incredibly beautiful plant!

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Mesa Bright Bicolor Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

Our 'Mesa Bright Bicolor' Gaillardia Plant is a rousing encore to Mesa Yellow, an award-winning variety from 2010 and the first Blanket Flower hybrid from seed. Delivering a more uniform habit and tons more flowers than other varieties, Mesa Yellow’s sibling, Bright Bicolor has all the same attributes but with a flashier attitude. This Blanket Flower has a bright orangey-red halo around its center that varies in width depending upon climatic and growing conditions, with brilliant yellow petal tips. The colors are intense and non-fading, while the upright, well-branched plants support the blossoms without flopping over. Flowering its first year, Mesa Bright Bicolor will produce a myriad of blooms to attract honey bees and butterflies.

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Mesa Yellow Gaillardia Plant

Price $5.50

The 'Mesa Yellow' Gaillardia Plant is the Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner for 2010 for innovation in breeding and was also an All-America Selections winner for the same year. This remarkable and novel yellow Blanket Flower not only shows off its gorgeous sunny disposition on its petals, but even the eye is a brilliant, saturated yellow color. The vivid, monochromatic appearance, combined with its uniformity makes it stand out in a crowd, either in the ground or in a container. Try it—you'll like it!

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Oranges and Lemons Gaillardia Plant

Price $7.00

The 'Oranges and Lemons' Gaillardia Plant is perfectly named; the color being suggestive of those juicy citrus fruits. Somewhat unusual coloring for a Blanket Flower, what would normally be red is peachy-orange colored, while the tips are a goldenrod yellow. The central cone is also orange or yellow, depending upon the age of the flower, but turns brilliant chartreuse as this Blanket Flower goes to seed. The cool blue-green foliage seems to be the perfect backdrop for this warm color and this variety has an improved upright growth habit, as opposed to a somewhat sprawling habit in many varieties.