GAILLARDIA Arizona Sun transplanting root cuttings

Is it too late in the season to transplant some root cuttings of my Gaillardia? I love this plant and don't really want to buy more if I can just make more plantlings from this one. Thanks, Sue :-)

Hi: Gaillardias are easy to propagate. IF the plant is large enough, just divide it. Best time is in the spring as it begins to grow. Now, as I write this, it is too late in the season for the divisions to become established before winter.

Just dig up the plant, and with a sharp knife, cut it in half all the way through. You may be able to get more divisions, depending on the size of the plant. Then plant each division as you normally would plant.

I have divided them during the summer to give to my daughter. Same technique but the plant would need to be cut down to 6" to balance the growth with the roots. It grows new flowering stem very easy.

Thank you blomma!

You're welcome. By the way, Gaillardias do not come true from seeds.

Great to know-I've just started my seed gathering. :-)

Ugh - does that mean my Burgundys that I have waited through this summer so they'd bloom next year - won't be Burgundys???


WAH!

I'm so bummed.

Hey Sheryl:
Are your burgandies from seed or cuttings?
Dave

Seeds, sniff.

I think I have a couple that sprouted this last spring. I will share if I get something to take off. Th neat thing is if its from seed we can cut it all we want for new plants. "seed are not true to the parent plant" "they are a new variety"

Good point!!!

Pagancat I tried open-pollinated burgundy, and yellow seeds. They reverted to the regular color.

On the other hand, I found that the second generation of self sown seeds can be quite unique. I bet that is how growers came to get 'Fan Fare' with tubular petals. I don't grow Gaillardias anymore due to their weedy habit. My daughter does and allows them to self-sow. I have seen quite a few plants with typical Fanfare blooms in different colors. Also pure yellow with yellow center. Yellow with brown center, etc.

A few years ago, one seed sprouted in a crack in my driveway. It was a dead ringer for
Fanfare. I don't know what number generation of Gaillardia it came from. The plants that were growing there were burgundy, and the mixed colors, including 'Goblin'. Tried to remove the plant but couldn't save it

Gaillardia is a plant that is fun to experiment with if you have the room. You never know what you'll get in colors. After all, they are hybrids.

Below is the imposter Fan Fare growing in my driveway.

Here is one that came up for my daughter.

love the color!

Well, hopefully I'll remember to post the blooms I get out of those seeds.

Blomma, that sure looks like a Fanfare to me. Geez.