Blanket flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora
Also called Gaillardia, Firewheel and Indian blanket
Garden plant · PerennialsShort-lived on heavy ground and long-lived on sand — the plant is not fussy about food, only about drainage. Leave the last flowers on and it seeds itself, though the seedlings come up plainer than the parent.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 10 daysWater the ground — water at the base, in the morning, not over the leaves.
- Light
- Full sun
- Feed
- Not needed
- Humidity
- Low
- Hardiness
- Hardy — an average winter RHS H4, to -10°C
- Size
- 0.6 m tall · 0.45 m across
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Origin
- A garden hybrid of two North American prairie species
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsNothing recorded against it
No animal-poison authority lists this plant either way.
PeopleNot checked yet
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-09-22. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- It flowers all summer and then simply is not there in spring, with a hollow brown crown where it was. On clay this is the normal ending and it is drainage, not hardiness.Crown rot on heavy ground · disease
- A white bloom on the hairy leaves at the base of the clump in a dry August, while the flowers keep coming above it.Powdery mildew · disease