Sunset Snappy Gaillardia
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Overview
Sunset Snappy Gaillardia are a magnet for butterflies producing long lasting blooms that linger from early spring to fall. Also known as blanket flower, does best planted in hot dry gardens and is drought tolerant once established. Its bright cheerful red and yellow flowers attract butterflies and is deer resistant. (Gaillardia)
key features
Botanical Name
Gaillardia grandiflora Sunset Snapy PP#26944
Advantages
Native, Bee Friendly, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Easy To Grow, Low Maintenance, Long Bloom Time, Cut Flowers, Mass Plantings, Container Planting
Growing Zones
Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Soil Moisture
Dry, Average
Mature Height
14-16" tall
Mature Spread
16-18" wide
Bloom Time
Late spring to fall
SKU
AM015067
Description
The Gaillardias are one of the great glories of American wildflowers, carpeting whole landscapes to the horizon in the plains states and the west. The natives are the famous yellow and white pinwheel bi-colors. In our wildflower seed department, we sell the much-loved annual, Indian Blanket, and the native perennial as well, G. aristata, often called Blanket Flower.
But hybridizers are always anxious to improve native plants, no matter how beautiful they may be. And in this case, they have. Goblin is one of the oldest, and still probably the most popular hybrid, with very large flowers and a long bloom season.
Many other newer hybrids emphasize one color or the other--the red or the yellow. And in very recent years, even the flower form has changed.