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Gaillardia ×grandiflora
Also called Blanketflower, Gaillardia
Blanket flower is a showy hybrid perennial, often grown as a half-hardy annual in cooler climates, with daisy-like orange, red or yellow blooms through summer and autumn. It thrives with full sun, sharp drainage and little water.
Gaillardia × grandiflora, known as blanket flower, is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae, which is a cross of garden origin between G. aristata × G. pulchella.
It is usually grown as a half-hardy annual, especially in cooler climates. It has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Several other cultivars exist, in the same range of colours (red, orange and yellow).
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