Whilst blanket flowers will continue to produce flowers without deadheading, regular deadheading will coax even more flowers ...

Sun-loving blanket flowers are easy to grow and care for, bringing an explosion of color to the garden. This beloved wildflower is abuzz with butterflies and bees and has exceptional heat tolerance.

I think we all got lulled into thinking we were going to have weekly rainfall and milder weather, and then we entered July.

Discover the range of gaillardia seeds at True Leaf Market. 6. Lupines. Lupines are much-loved cottage garden plants for their dazzling flower spikes in late spring and early summer.

Growing your own vegetables and flowers from seed offers several advantages: 1.) it’s less expensive than buying plants; 2.) you control the timing of when they’re ready for planting; 3.) you ...

After our relatively wet spring and early summer, blanketflowers (Gaillardia aristata) have burst into bloom in mountain meadows, where they attract legions of bees, butterflies, moths and spiders.

Gaillardia and its many horticultural varieties can be a wonderful addition to any garden. Listed in the recently published "Best Garden Plants for Montana," it is very easy to grow and available ...

Maybe it's lingo, or terminology, but whatever you call it, referring to crops' scientific names can yield helpful clues, and ...

The showiest blanketflowers from the garden center include the 30-plus hybrids of Gaillardia x grandiflora. That's an interspecies hybrid resulting from crosses of G. aristata and G. pulchella.

Gaillardia, or blanket flower, is an easy-to-grow perennial for hot, sunny spots. Here's a new cultivar, ... The plants weren't in bloom; just small, sturdy seedlings.

But gaillardia is an exception. “Some new cultivars keep blooming all summer without deadheading,” Bennett said. One issue to be aware of: “Some cultivars might not come back true to seed ...