Gaillardia, Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket 'Fanfare'

I wanted to add to all these raves, that this plant is extremely drought tolerant. I went out of town for 2 weeks and had a friend water...Read More my plants. I don't think she saw my potted Fanfare....and I came back to a horrible sight. But with a little trimming and a good watering, my fanfare came back and looks like it might bloom again before the summer ends.

It also made it through a very cold, wet winter here in CO and was the first of my perennials to break through in the spring. I'm a big fan of this plant! No pun intended....

Got it last year and loved it so much, I had to get another one this year. The blooms are dazzling and beautiful!

Great plant, Blooms late Spring through frost. In its second year it developed a second plant. I was not sure if it came from mother plan...Read Moret or seed. The blooms were the same. Linda

I have no idea where mine came from, and didn't find out what it actually was until today, but it's beautiful. I live by a HomeDepot and...Read More get volenteer plants sprouting up here and there but this by far is my best freebee. It popped up last summer and had such beutiful flowers that I ripped up everything around it to try and give it a good chance. I didn't touch it for almost a year because it was so pretty and doing so well, I didn't want to ruin it. It's been blooming constantly (although sometimes only a few flowers) since I first noticed it.....winter and all.

Easy, self-sufficient and a continuous bloomer.

'Fanfare' bloomed non-stop even through the winter and only rested for about 6 weeks before new blooms began appearing on a regular basis...Read More again. Not a fussy plant and does best in full sun.

It bloomed all summer, and is popping up for a return show this spring, even with no mulch in Zone 4b. I loved it!

Fanfare’ is a compact, mounding Gaillardia sporting flowers with a dark red center surrounded by a single row of yellow petals that loo...Read Morek like small torches with red throats. Absolutely gorgeous! This plant is very hardy and easy to maintain with a long bloom season, blooming from spring to fall with proper deadheading. Cut back hard at the end of the season.

I got this cultivar from a nursery this spring and planted it in full sun to face our dry hot Spokane summer. I drip irrigate but with a...Read More new plant I expected some stress. This plant is a keeper. It has shown no signs of stress and has bloomed non-stop for nearly three months. Perhaps I should let it relax and go to seed, but the flowers are so striking I find myself pinching them back "one more time." The nursery promises no problem with winter. We'll see.