Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) in the Blanket Flowers Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Soil pH Preferences:	Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height:	12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread:	12 - 18 inches
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Fruit:	Edible to birds
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Bi-Color: red and yellow
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Taproot
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Uses:	Groundcover Medicinal Herb Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Birds Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Provide light Self fertile Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Pollinators:	Beetles

Common names

Blanket Flower
Common gaillardia
Indian Blanket
Indian Blanketflower
Great blanketflower
Blanketflower
Brown-eyed susan
Brown Eyed Susan

Photo Gallery

Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Date: 2023-06-08

Uploaded by SL_gardener

Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-04-21
Indian Blanket 001

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by robertduval14

Uploaded by lauribob

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Date: 2020-06-29
Tag said Barbican Red. Not on data base.

Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-07-13

Uploaded by HamiltonSquare

Location: Absaroka Range in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-25

Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

Date: 2014-08-21
photo courtesy of National Garden Bureau Inc.

Uploaded by SongofJoy

Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2017-12-23

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Location: Home in Yuba City, CA
Date: 2009
Bee on Blanket Flower

Uploaded by Ecograndma

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: South Carolina
Date: 2023-05-04

Uploaded by aikenforflowers

Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2018-02-26

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by Cat

Uploaded by Catmint20906

Date: c. 1836
illustration from 'Annales de flore et de pomone', 1836

Uploaded by scvirginia

Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-31

Uploaded by JonnaSudenius

Uploaded by lauribob

Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2011
This plant is evergreen and blooms in the spring.

Uploaded by frostweed

Uploaded by LindaTX8

Location: Tabby's Garden
Date: june
grown from seed

Uploaded by tabby

Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-02
Blanket Flower - Gaillardia aristata 002

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Location: along fence of Lockheed Martin manufacturing site in Ft Worth, Tx
Date: 2014-05-21

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Central Texas
Date: 2013-04-20

Uploaded by Rocks2Blooms

Uploaded by vic

Uploaded by lauribob

Location: Alabama Gulf Coast (z8b)
Date: March
Blanket flower is easily grown from seed. These young plants cam

Uploaded by MossyOwls

Location: Ankara, Turkey
Date: 2017-07-09

Uploaded by fahte

Location: Fort Worth, Tx
Date: 2014-05-21

Uploaded by jmorth

Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-12

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-01

Uploaded by JonnaSudenius

Location: Central Texas
Date: 2016-06-10

Uploaded by Esperanza

Uploaded by tabby

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by molanic

Location: along fence of Lockheed Martin manufacturing site in Ft Worth, Tx
Date: 2014-05-22

Uploaded by jmorth

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2011-06-10

Uploaded by Kelli

Location: Cascade of Time Garden, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-03
ripe & ready to go

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Uploaded by piksihk

Uploaded by piksihk

Uploaded by piksihk

Uploaded by piksihk

Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-05-27

Uploaded by gingin

Uploaded by flaflwrgrl

Uploaded by stilldew

Location: Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04

Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Blooming while very small.

Uploaded by frostweed

There are 2 more images of this plant. Click to view them.

This plant is tagged in:

Comments:

Posted by eclayne (Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA - Zone 6a) on May 16, 2016 10:13 AM concerning plant:

According to IPNI G. aristata was collected by Meriwether Lewis in Montana, July 1806. This is approximately three months before the end of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The plant was described in 1813 by Friedrich Traugott Pursch.

Reply to this comment
Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jul 9, 2014 4:59 AM concerning plant:

One of my favorites. Starts blooming in spring and goes all summer long here. Very colorful low bloomer. Happy with dry soil conditions. Easy to grow from seed.

Reply to this comment
Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2014 7:16 PM concerning plant:

According to the NPIN, Gaillardia aristata has special value to native bees.

Reply to this comment
Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 4, 2012 12:00 PM concerning plant:

Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees.

Reply to this comment

Plant Events from our members
piksihk	On February 16, 2017	Seeds sown 2009 seeds
Cat	On July 8, 2014	Obtained plant
Catmint20906	On August 15, 2015	Bloomed
3AmigosGarden	On September 1, 2017	Seeds sown
3AmigosGarden	On August 30, 2017	Obtained plant Pima County Seed Library
lovesblooms	On March 1, 2020	Seeds sown labelled "apricot blanket flower"'; winter sow
Flowerlover6	On October 19, 2022	Seeds sown
SuperHappyCamper	On March 13, 2024	Seeds sown

» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Blanket Flowers Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Blanket Flowers (Gaillardia)

« The Blanket Flowers Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Blanket Flowers Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)

Blanket Flowers

Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)