The story of the Blanket flower began with the generosity of a French judge of the 1700’s, by the name of Gaillard de  Charentonneau. He was a benefactor of the study of botany, and as such received the honor of having a genus of plants named after him. That genus was Gaillardia, the common “blanket flower”.

Native to North America, this flower is easy to grow and  drought tolerant. Blanket flower is perennial and grows well even in sandy soils by the sea. As its name implies,it has a tendency to blanket the landscape with profuse flowering.

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