Gaillardia 'Red Fanfare'

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Size
  Height:  40cm
  Spread:  50cm
 
  
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PLANT PROFILE
Gaillardia ‘Red Fanfare’ is a sport from the popular and well known Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’.

Selected for its profusion of unique flowers, G. ‘Red Fanfare’ has a standout colour that will blend with many garden colour schemes. The versatility of this plant allows planting from mass landscape to small gardens and will perform with outstanding results in individual pots for decks, patios or window ledges.

Individual flowers are quite large reaching up to 8cm across for an explosive display of colour.

• Container displays for long lasting colour

• Small gardens, patios and courtyards

• Dry/gravel or Mediterranean style gardens

• Fast growing for new gardens

• Mass plant for bedding displays or plant small drifts for explosive colour in mixed borders

• Great for attracting butterflies - easy and fun to grow for children

CULTURAL CARE
Medium water requirements. Once established, quite dry tolerant requiring only occasional deep watering during extended periods of heat.

Grows well in most well draining soils. Apply a slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune lightly in autumn if required. Frost tolerant.

 

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