Fanfare Blaze Blanket Flower-Beauty and power

Gaillardia aristata Fanfare Blaze (Blanket Flower)

Fanfare Blaze Blanket Flower

Light Needs: Full sun
Watering Needs: Once established, needs only occasional watering
Average Landscape Size: Compact mounds reach 12-16 in. tall, 18-24 in. wide.
Key Feature: Long Bloom Season
Blooms: Early spring to fall
Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Mass Planting, Rock Garden

Get started with a variety of Gaillardia Blanket Flower seeds.

The Fanfare Blaze Blanket Flower is simply amazing!
Blooming from early Spring right on through Fall, this Blanket Flower is ideal for providing warmth to any garden flower bed.

Consider alternating between the Fanfare Blaze and Black-Eyed Susans.


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Both are great looking & long lasting perennials and are hardy enough to take a beating.

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