| Description | A Gaillardia cultivar with a mix of oranges and yellows. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (gah-LARD-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (5)6 |
| Sunlight | full, to much shade and they tend to flop |
| Moisture | average to dry, drought resistant once established |
| Soil & Site | average to dry, drought resistant once established, doesn't tolerate wet winter soils |
| Flowers | daisy-like flower, tangerine to orange petals tipped with yellow, orange yellow center cone |
| Leaves | leaves simple, alternate |
| Stems | thick short stalk |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 18-24” x 15-18” wide |
| Maintenance | dead heading, weeding out unwanted volunteer seedlings |
| Propagation | Plant Patent #17,092, careful division of crown |
| Cultivar Origin | Bred in England by Rosemary Hardy, ‘Oranges and Lemons’ arose in the summer of 2002 at the inventor's nursery in Hampshire, England as a single chance seedling (Plant Haven Nursery web site). |
| Misc Facts | Gaillardia was studied by Auguste Denis Fourgeroux (1732-1782) and he named it after Gaillard de Charentoneau. |
| Author's Notes | I garden in zone #5 where Gaillardia are short lived. The best Gaillardia plantings I have seen are where the plants have reseeded. Most of the Gaillardias are cultivars and don't come true from seed, the seedlings revert back to some other form but usually still OK as volunteer plants. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage) , #54-The Well Tended Garden (DiSabato-Aust) #73-The Harrowsmiths Perennial Garden |
Cart
