What it is
Blanketflower (Gaillardia) (Gaillardia pulchella) is in the Asteraceae (Daisy) family. A Texas roadside native — red-and-yellow 'firewheel' blooms that take blazing sun and sandy soil.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it very low, and give it sandy, lean soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.5. Space plants about 12 in apart. Expect roughly Blooms first year. Native annual/perennial.
How it's used
Blanketflower (Gaillardia) is used: ornamental; pollinator.
🔎 How to identify it
- Hairy gray-green leaves
- Red center, yellow-tipped petals
- Self-sows on poor ground
Not for eating
Grown for the garden, soil, or pollinators — not as food.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.