Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
Type: Annual
Source: Native
Bloom Period: Summer/Fall
Color: Yellow/Red
Soils: Dry to Medium Soil Moisture
Sun: Full Sun
Height: 1’ - 2’
Indian Blanket is a 1' to 2' tall native annual that has become one of our most popular garden annuals. It is easily established in dry to medium, well drained soils in full sun and it thrives in dry or sandy poor soils. It will not tolerate wet soils. Indian Blanket flowers from May through August with a profusion of showy 1" wide flower heads. The rays are red at the base and are tipped with 3 yellow teeth. This annual readily reseeds and is a must for wildflower meadows. Indian Blanket is a good pollinator conservation plant. Native Americans used this plant to treat skin disorders, sore eyes, and numerous other maladies.
Gaillardia pulchella
Type: Annual
Source: Native
Bloom Period: Summer/Fall
Color: Yellow/Red
Soils: Dry to Medium Soil Moisture
Sun: Full Sun
Height: 1’ - 2’
Indian Blanket is a 1' to 2' tall native annual that has become one of our most popular garden annuals. It is easily established in dry to medium, well drained soils in full sun and it thrives in dry or sandy poor soils. It will not tolerate wet soils. Indian Blanket flowers from May through August with a profusion of showy 1" wide flower heads. The rays are red at the base and are tipped with 3 yellow teeth. This annual readily reseeds and is a must for wildflower meadows. Indian Blanket is a good pollinator conservation plant. Native Americans used this plant to treat skin disorders, sore eyes, and numerous other maladies.
Gaillardia pulchella
Type: Annual
Source: Native
Bloom Period: Summer/Fall
Color: Yellow/Red
Soils: Dry to Medium Soil Moisture
Sun: Full Sun
Height: 1’ - 2’
Indian Blanket is a 1' to 2' tall native annual that has become one of our most popular garden annuals. It is easily established in dry to medium, well drained soils in full sun and it thrives in dry or sandy poor soils. It will not tolerate wet soils. Indian Blanket flowers from May through August with a profusion of showy 1" wide flower heads. The rays are red at the base and are tipped with 3 yellow teeth. This annual readily reseeds and is a must for wildflower meadows. Indian Blanket is a good pollinator conservation plant. Native Americans used this plant to treat skin disorders, sore eyes, and numerous other maladies.