A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Youuuu whoooo Carol!

Lookie what I got today!



Yep - gaillardia oranges and lemons! Yippee!!!

Also got a yellow goblin but it's not in flower yet.

you know YELLOW is my FAVORITE color.

Ooooooo, that is exquisite, Lynne!!! I love it!

Very nice, you gals will have to trade seeds to build up a large collection.

Thanks all!

I was reading up on it, and apparently it starts out a deeper orange and then "fades" to these colors when maturing.

This plant I got is actually VERY overgrown - got it at a local nursery that was a "mom and pop" and now is only an older mom who is not the greatest at growing things, so all of this particular plant were reaching waaaaaaaaay beyond their height to get to the window. But I got the best one there and it is healthy otherwise, so I'm hoping that after the flowers that are blooming on it are finished, I can cut it back to rejuvinate it.

Oh it is beautiful!!!!! Lynne I love it---- :ding:

I planted my "porch pot" last night before the storm--& found I need more plants--I think I will wait til I get my new flower bed done--so it I need more flowers for there as well_i will do it all at once--

this is pertanant because I will most likley go get the oranges & lemons & the burgundy then as well.

otherwise--I may just wait & beg seeds from you as Tamara suggesteed

Thanks Carol - couldn't wait to show you, since we've been talking about it!

If you plant some in your pots will they overwinter safely in them there?

sorry to confuse you---I will be putting annuals in the pot---my gaillardia, other perennials and even my osteo's will be goiong in the flower bed

My first gaillardia Fanfare blooms opened yesterday and I am thrilled with them!!! They look exactly like the pictures Carol and I saw online a few weeks ago when we thought we just had to have that plant!

Again... early morning light so it was very bright...

that is just perfect, Lynne---simply beautiful I must say.---perhaps I will have to give the ones at my nursery here a try after all.---the centers looked too big but perhaps it was jsut a fluke with the one flower???



wonderful job !!!!

Okay you two I've got one for you!! The plant that was my blanket flower the last two year has two very different blooms on it,, Here is One,


and the other one



Now Today Yet another one blooms,, check out the center of it,, It is elongated! and it looks like it almost tried to be come double petaled in places,




this has been the strangest/ yet amazing plant this year,, I'm wondering if this is the last year for it!

WOW Diane - that is really bazaare!!! I'm wondering... are there any bugs or anything in the centers that might have made them grow differently? Have you used any fertilizers or anything on them different than years before?

Nope No bugs And I haven 't done anything different this year Now Mother nature on the other hand hasn't provided much rain at all,, But these are drought tolerant soooooo Who knows why these are doing all this different variations of blooms,,

Still they look very nice Diane----so what if they a bit different---like I say still very nice---

I still wonder if it might have to do with the flower reverting back to the parent plants---

Yes Carol I do believe so,, I posted these in another area to AlanH he believes that may be the case and stated Gaillardias' have strange growing habits as well

You've got yourself a siamese bloom. We see that alot here with dandelions.

I do? It is?? Heyyyyyyy thanks T Now at least I know what to call it!!!!! a mutant Bloom sounded so Un attractive don't ya think!

A Siamese Bloom sound so extraordinary.--and wonderful--yes I think I would go with that theory for sure!!!

heyyyyyyyyyy I got one too!!!!
I just had to go to lowes today they had Burgandy,\ the golden yellow and the fanfare,, I had to get some more top spoil, bonemeal and other things so I was only able to purchase just one of those three,, dannnnnnnng hard decision! took me almost 1/2 hour to decide, but finally settled on the fanfare!! I will go back and pray they still have the golden yellow,, I really liked those too!!

WOW Diane - that's a really nice one - good picking!!!

I got 2 more fanfares at Home Depot yesterday - they were a bit wilted, but 3$ less than I paid at the perennial nursery a month ago, so I grabbed 2 - the nice thing about Home Depot is that you can return plants there. They have perked up today, so I will hopefully plant them tomorrow morning.

WOW diane--that is ONE plant??? it is great !!!!

yep One plant in a gallon pot!

all I can say is WOW!!!!!

Wow, nice plants.