Burgundy Blanket Flower is a herbaceous perennial with a dense rounded habit and olive green lance-like foliage.  Large rich red daisy-like flowers with short petals and fat global seedheads bloom through summer into fall.  Bloom can be extended with deadheading. Prefers full sun and dry to medium well-drained rich soils.  Drought tolerant once established.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Root rot may occur in poorly drained soils.  Suscpetable to powdery mildew, leaf spot, and yellow asters.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Shasta Daisy, Speedwell

IMAGE: Prides Corner, Gaillardia aristata Burgundy

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.