Blanket Flower 'Arizona Apricot'

Gaillardia x Grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot' 

Description:
This stunning variety has sunny lemon-yellow daisy-like flowers with an orange ring and golden center; prefers moist, rich sites but will adapt to dry sites; deadhead to promote re-blooming; good for naturalizing

Height: 12 inches

Spacing: 10 inches

Sunlight: full sun

Hardiness Zone: 3a

Other Names: Blanketflower, Indian Blanket

Ornamental Features
Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower has masses of beautiful lemon yellow daisy flowers with gold eyes and a orange ring at the ends of the stems from early summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its tomentose narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes
Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower is a dense herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Mass Planting
Rock/Alpine Gardens
Border Edging
General Garden Use
Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
Container Planting
Planting & Growing

Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years.

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.