| Description | Red Plume Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella) An annual Gaillardia with brick red domed flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (gah-LARD-ee-uh)(pul-KEL-ah) |
| Plant Type | Annuals |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry, doesn't like high humidity |
| Soil & Site | average, dry, will not tolerate wet soils, easily rots in wet soils |
| Flowers | rounded, dome shaped, brick red |
| Leaves | gray green, lance to spoon shaped, finer texture than most other Gaillardia |
| Dimensions | 1-2 feet tall |
| Maintenance | dead head |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Species naive to the USA and Mexico. |
| Cultivar Origin | All American Selection 1991 |
| Misc Facts | Gaillardia was studied by Auguste Denis Fougeroux (1732-1782) and he named it after Gaillard de Charentonneau AKA: Red Plume Blanket Flower, Red Plume Indian Blanket |
| Author's Notes | I garden in zone #5 where Gaillardia are short lived perennials at best.. The best Gaillardia plantings I have seen are where the plants have reseeded. Most of the Gaillardias are cultivars and may revert back to some other forms, especially in later generations. |
| Notes & Reference | #47-Annuals for the Connoisseurs (Wayne Winterrowd), #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage) |
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