Yellow Blanket Flower is a uniform compact herbaceous perennial with upright stems and medium green lance-like foliage.  Heavy blooms of sunshine yellow daisy-like flowers with yellow global seedheads last throughout summer.  Deadheading will encourage additional bloom.  Prefers full sun and moist well-drained rich soils. Some drought tolerance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Root rot may occur in poorly drained soils.  Suscpetable to powdery mildew, leaf spot, and yellow asters.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Shasta Daisy, Speedwell

IMAGE: Photo by Kath821, Gaillardia grandiflora "Mesa Yellow"