Gaillardia aristata 'Maxima Aurea'

blanket flower

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: June to September
• Flower colour: yellow
• Other features: excellent and long-lasting cut flowers
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Big, golden-yellow, daisy-like flowers up to 10cm across, appear from June to September over greyish-green leaves. This gorgeous blanket flower is excellent for the middle of a sunny, well-drained, herbaceous or mixed border. Perfect for a planting scheme based on hot colours, the brassy blooms make excellent and long-lasting cut flowers.
  
  
• Garden care: Stake with brushwood or bamboo canes before the flowers appear. Remove the spent flower-heads regularly to prolong flowering. Cut the stems down to ground-level in autumn, lifting and dividing large clumps every third year.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.75m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.75m
  Gaillardia aristata 'Maxima Aurea' - blanket flower Sun-loving and drought tolerant