Arizona Series Gaillardia is an AAS award-winning perennial that brings vibrant, sunburst color to gardens across hardiness zones 3-10. These dwarf plants reach just 8-10 inches tall, producing abundant 2-inch daisy-like blooms with golden yellow tips and deep crimson centers, perfect for edging along walkways, fences, and patios. From seed to flower in 80-89 days, this compact cultivar of Gaillardia aristata thrives in full sun and poor to moderate soil, making it a vigorous, low-fuss choice for gardeners seeking reliable color with minimal care.
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The Arizona Series delivers the classic Gaillardia bicolor look in a genuinely compact form, so you're not staking or deadheading sprawling plants. These 8-10 inch performers bloom prolifically through the season with striking 2-inch flowers that seem oversized relative to their dwarfed growth habit. Naturally frost-hardy and resistant to powdery mildew, this cultivar shrugs off the conditions that stop fussier perennials, and it flowers reliably from seed in less than three months.
Arizona Series Gaillardia is grown as an ornamental flowering perennial, valued specifically for garden borders, walkway edging, patio containers, and fence lines where its compact, bushy growth creates vibrant foreground color without overtaking neighboring plants.
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Sow seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before your last spring frost, pressing them lightly onto moist seed-starting mix without covering, as they need light to germinate. Maintain soil temperatures between 60-75°F for reliable germination. Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged until seedlings emerge, typically within 10-14 days.
Harden off seedlings over 7-10 days by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions before transplanting after the last frost date. Plant into prepared beds with full sun exposure, spacing transplants 20 inches apart. Gaillardia establishes quickly and will begin flowering within weeks of planting.
Direct sow seeds outdoors after the last spring frost date, pressing them lightly into prepared soil in full sun. They will germinate and mature to flowering in 80-89 days from sowing.
Deadhead spent blooms throughout the season to encourage continuous flowering and maintain the compact, bushy growth habit. Once plants are fully established, minimal pruning is needed beyond removing any dead or damaged growth in spring.
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