Arizona Sun Gaillardia
Growing Arizona Sun Gaillardia
‘Arizona Sun’ is an award-winning open-pollinated gaillardia and 2005 All-America Selections Winner prized for its bold bicolored blooms, compact growth, and exceptional tolerance of heat and drought. Large, fiery flowers cover the plants with vivid color, making this variety a standout in both containers and landscape plantings.
Plant ‘Arizona Sun’ seeds about ⅛ inch deep and space plants 12 to 18 inches apart. Grow in full sun. Germination typically takes 7 to 14 days. This tough variety performs especially well in hot, dry conditions and even tolerates poor soil.
Ready to bloom in about 49 days, enjoy the flowers as they open and reach their best display stage. Regular deadheading can help encourage continued flowering and keep plants looking tidy.
Bright, tough, and eye-catching, ‘Arizona Sun’ is an excellent choice for ornamental beds, borders, containers, and drought-tolerant landscape plantings.
- Sun: Full Sun
- Height: 10 - 12 Inches
- Bloom Size: 4 Inches
- Spread: 12 15 Inches
- Half-Hardy Perennial
Catalog Page: 69
⅛ in.
10 - 12 Inches
Gaillardia spp.