Spintop™ Yellow Touch Blanket Flower

Gaillardia aristata 'Spintop Yellow Touch'

Yellow Touch Blanket Flower is a compact herbaceous  perennial with upright stems and sliver green lance-like foliage.  The large, burnt red-orange daisy-like flowers with a touch of yellow at the tips have prominent dark red seedheads, and bloom from late spring until the first frost.  Prefers  full sun and dry to medium well-drained rich soils.  Very drought tolerant once established.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Root rot may occur in poorly drained soils.  Susceptible to powdery mildew, leaf spot, and yellow asters.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Woodland Gardens,  Rock Gardens,  Native Gardens,  Naturalized Areas, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Coneflower,  Shasta Daisy,  Speedwell

IMAGES: Penn State Flower Trials, Gaillardia 'Spintop Yellow Touch' (1)+ (2), (2) Knobby983, What a little water can do for you, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.