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'Bijou' Blanket Flower

Gaillardia aristata 'Bijou'

Description:

"These plants form wiry, branched stems with lanceolate to linear basal leaves. The plant grows to 11⁄2 to 2 ft (46 to 61 cm) tall, with bright daisy-like single color and bi-color blooms in shades from buff to red to brown. The flowers bloom in the summer. There are more than two dozen known species of Gaillardia."

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3 Comments

Violet von Tesla
Violet von Tesla 12 years ago

Thanks so much! I was looking at Zinnia but it didn't have the petals...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I think it might be a Gallardia
http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&am...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Gulardia

Violet von Tesla
Spotted by
Violet von Tesla

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2011
Submitted on May 17, 2011

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