Blanket Flower

PLANT TYPE: Blanket flower (Perennial)

HARDINESS (USDA ZONE): 3 to 10

SEASON: Late spring and early summer

EXPOSURE: Full sun

TIME TO MATURITY: 8 to 10 weeks

SPACING: 18 inches

PLANTING DEPTH: Seed 1/4 inches

HEIGHT: 24 to 36 inches

SPREAD: 12 to 24 inches

PESTS & DISEASES: Aster yellows, Aphids and leafhoppers

WATER NEEDS: 1 inch per week

MAINTENANCE: Medium

TOLERANCE: Heat

SOIL TYPE: Poor, well drained

SOIL pH: 6.1 to 6.5

SOIL DRAINAGE: Moist and well drained

COMPANION PLANTING: Coreopsis, cosmos, daylilies and salvia.

GENUS: Gallardia spp.