Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)

Drought tolerant and delightfully colorful, Blanket Flowers (Gaillardia) are short-lived perennials renowned for their profuse, long-lasting, colorful mounds of bright, single or double daisy-like flowers atop an attractive gray-green foliage from early summer to fall. Named after the native Indian blankets, whose color pattern they resemble, their flamboyant flowers are a real magnet for butterflies. Drought and heat tolerant, they require little care once established and add drama to sunny borders and containers.