gaillardia
blanket flower

Another one, is the flamboyant gaillardia, often called blanket flower.

Red Plume is the name given to a truly remarkable gaillardia or blanket flower.

Barely cover, since gaillardia needs light to germinate.

Growing blanket flower: The annual gaillardia will grow well in full sun in any well-drained soil.

Try coreopsis, gaillardia, liatris, pyrethrum, rudbeckia to name a few.

She has also had good luck - so far - with foxglove, globe thistle, gaillardia and salvia.

The larvae feed on Gaillardia pulchella.

"I had gaillardia, snapdragon and true geranium on my list as deer resistant," Ms. Frost said.

Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is a short-lived annual flowering plant native to the central United States.

Some can be seeded directly; among them are cosmos, celosia, nasturtium, portulaca, gaillardia, zinnia and marigold.

Some natives, such as Gaillardia grandiflora and Lupinus sericeus, are resistant to catechin-induced toxicity.

So, there's a bit of the old empire in these fields - but the meadow is pure American, with sheep fescue and gaillardia abloom in summer.

Description of blanket flower: The annual gaillardia grows erect, 1 to 2 feet tall, with narrow leaves 2 inches long and flowers on long stems.

The flowers of Gaillardia 'Red Plume' from Dobies appear on dwarf, spreading plants (left)

State wildflower: Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchellum)

The plants chosen are gaillardia or blanket flower, echinops or globe thistle, colchicum or autumn crocus and echeveria.

Texas State University-San Marcos school colors are maroon and old gold, inspired from the school flower - the native wildflower gaillardia.

Annuals that require light for germination include ageratum, browallia, coleus, gaillardia, godetia, impatiens, petunia, portulaca, scarlet sage and strawflower.

Water vegetables and roses; skip perennials like blanketflower (Gaillardia grandiflora), catmint (Nepeta x faassenii), yarrow and sedum.

There will be abundant pink evening primroses, coreopsis, and Engelmann's daisies, she said, as well as gaillardia, prairie verbena, wine cups, columbines and salvia.

Gaillardia aristata is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family known by the common names common blanketflower and common gaillardia.

Drought conditions also call for prairie plants, of course, and I'm thinking of another section for annual poppies, coneflowers, coreopsis, gaillardia, butterfly weed and black-eyed Susan.

By about 1960, it was noted that the most common herbaceous plant was Stachytarpheta indica, while the introduced Indian Blanketflower (Gaillardia pulchella) had established itself widely.

Among seeds that need light to germinate are ageratum, California poppy, gaillardia, coleus, columbine, love-in-a-mist, snapdragon, Shasta daisy, strawflower, sweet alyssum and sweet rocket.

The ferny stems can provide a wispy lime-green backdrop to mounded flowers like lavatera and gaillardia, or an airy foreground to the broad, glossy leaves of holly bushes.