Gaillardia Species, Common Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket

I collected a few plants from a field turned construction site. These are wildflowers in Colorado. They transplanted well and flowered a ...Read Moreton all season. The good, bright colors, tons of flowers if deadheaded, drought tolerant. The cons, each flower only lasts a few days, so tons of deadheading. Also, in a vase, it looses its color and only lasts a day before it looks bad. The seed heads and like a thousand needles. Collecting seeds can be very painful; I was poked repeatedly through thick leather gloves and finally gave up. Overall, I guess I like it, but I shouldn't have put them in my cutting garden. Tons of deadheading.

I grew mine from local native seed, so I know it grows here.

Showy wildflower here in the Cariboo region of interior British Columbia; one I get asked about often - people can't believe it's a "wild...Read More" flower & not an escaped garden flower.

Tough as nails; Zone 2 at least; drought tolerant and thrives in the most inhospitable sites - have it growing here on the roadside that runs through the farm in pure gravel where it gets run over by vehicles and scraped by the road grader. Every June the same plants are still there, blooming away!

Very hardy and attractive. These flowers bloom way past the first light frosts of the season till they ultimately succumb to the hard fre...Read Moreeze.

This means that they are a staple on my Thanksgiving table here in West KY. I never fail to have a bowl of them to dress up the setting.