Arizona Red Shades Blanket Flower is a compact herbaceous perennial with well-branched upright stems and grey green lance-like foliage.  Large crimson daisy-like flowers may occasionally have yellow tipped petals bloom throughout summer until the first frost if deadheaded.  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

IMAGES: BallSeed Inc, Gaillardia Arizona Red Shades

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