Exposure • Sun • Part sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Wet

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer • Foliage

Bloom Color • Red

Attributes • Long Blooming • For Clay Soils • For Bird Lovers • Good Cut Flowers • Salt Tolerant

Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Kobold (Goblin)'

Blanket Flower

This daisylike flower adds dazzling spots of color, to either border or cutting gardens, with its red blooms and yellow margin. Compact habit makes this cultivar ideal for the garden foreground. Blooms early to late summer.

Gaillardia (gay-lahr'-di-ah)

Family: Asteraceae · Common Name: Blanket Flower

Brilliant daisies in shades of orange, red and yellow age to glowing globe-shaped seed heads. Attracts butterflies. Excellent cut flower. Remove seed heads as they fade to make room for more flowers.