Gaillardia pulchella, gaillardia or blanket-flower is one of our fun Florida natives. It is a colorful flowering plant often ...

Some plants with very shallow roots, such as heuchera, astilbe, gaillardia, and strawberry, can be damaged by heaving or uplift of soils caused by freeze-thaw cycles. Heaving can literally lift ...

It’s just a different type.” As for her year in pollinator plants, the most visited species was firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella, also called Indian blanket) that began blooming in early spring ...

It helps if you have some nectar and pollen plants. Recently I was at a local nursery and saw a table full of Gaillardia. The honeybees were going from bloom to bloom, gathering what the flowers ...

2. The blanket flower The blanket flower, or Gaillardia, is another example of a plant that should be left alone to self-seed for the next generation. ‘By allowing the blanket flower to go to ...

However, not all dormant plants are safe from cold damage. Some plants with very shallow roots, such as heuchera, astilbe, gaillardia, and strawberry, can be damaged by heaving or uplift of soils ...

Christine Mansfield explains whether and how to wrap plants before a freeze; what to do after a freeze; and which plants are ...

As your garden matures and changes through the season, garden trends evolve through the years. While some concepts, such as ...

Winter is a good time to make garden plans, and one constant issue gardeners face every growing season is weeds. While weeds can be frustrating, they can also be saying more about a yard than you ...