'Fanfare Showtime' is a new blanketflower that's great for the pollinator garden. Nectar-rich, pinwheel-like flowers attract bees and butterflies to this long-blooming perennial blanketflower throughout the growing season. The plant itself maintains a tidy size and shape that’s suitable for beds, borders and pots.
Common name: ‘Fanfare Showtime’ blanketflower
Botanical name: Gaillardia xgrandiflora ‘Fanfare Showtime’
Exposure: Full or part sun
Flowers: This perennial blooms from spring through autumn. On each blossom, tubular yellow-and-rose ray flowers surround a brick-red central disc. Pollinators visit the tubular flowers to access nectar within.
Foliage: The leaves are dark green in color, with a long and narrow shape.
Size and habit: This evergreen perennial reaches about two feet tall and wide, with a mounding habit.
How to grow it: ‘Fanfare Showtime’ blanketflower needs good drainage and at least partial sun. Once established it tolerates drought. It has a naturally long bloom time, but deadheading will help prompt more flowers while keeping the plant neat. Cut the old stems down in early spring to make way for new growth. USDA Zones 5–10.
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