Gaillardia × grandiflora ‘Arizona Sun’ (Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Sun’)

Arizona Sun Blanket Flower

Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.

Plant Type: Perennials

Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen, Semi-Evergreen, Deciduous

Overall Mature Size: Small

Also Grown As: Bush

Mature Height & Spread: 1' x 1'

Natural Growth Habit: Compact, Mounding

Native To: Cultivar, Hybrid, North America

Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water: Medium Water, Low Water

Flower Color: Orange / Red / Yellow

Bloom Time: Summer, Fall

Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Intermountain Conditions / Seacoast Conditions

Container Sizes: #1

Sunset Garden Zones: 1-24

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9

A Bit More

Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’ is a perennial with a compact, mounding habit and featuring bright mahogany-red petals tipped with golden yellow surrounding a dark red center disk. Uses include mass plantings, border, rock garden, container. Excellent in seacoast, desert, and intermountain landscapes. Requires full sun; becomes leggy and floppy in shade. It thrives in poor, loose, sandy, or gravelly soils; needs excellent drainage. Low water needs; highly drought-tolerant. Fire-resistant. Highly deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to -40F.

A Bit More

Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’ is a perennial with a compact, mounding habit and featuring bright mahogany-red petals tipped with golden yellow surrounding a dark red center disk. Uses include mass plantings, border, rock garden, container. Excellent in seacoast, desert, and intermountain landscapes. Requires full sun; becomes leggy and floppy in shade. It thrives in poor, loose, sandy, or gravelly soils; needs excellent drainage. Low water needs; highly drought-tolerant. Fire-resistant. Highly deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to -40F.