Flowers
Gaillardia 'Firewheels'
Blanket flower
Hardy perennial with bright, red flowers on long stems, making it ideal for cutting and displaying in a vase. Very attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. Will flower in its first year from an early sowing. Flowers from June-September.
- Plant type
- Hardy perennial
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 60cm
- Spread
- 45cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Sow inside Feb-April in moist seed compost. Lightly cover seed with fine layer of compost and keep at 20-20°C until germination occurs. When large enough to handle, transplant into individual pots. Acclimatise before planting out 25cm apart, when risk of frost has passed. Alternatively, sow outside May-July in prepared seedbed. These plants will flower the following year.
Aftercare
Regularly cut and deadhead faded flowers to extend flowering period.
Gallery
Ref. SEG005