Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata 'Oranges
& Lemons'
(gay-LAR-dee-uh)
(a-ris-TAH-tuh)
Synonyms: Common Blanketflower
For the first time in a long
time I saw this flower for sale. It was quite popular for awhile and then
dropped completely off the radar. People must have realized that it is not
really a perennial and that hurt sales. Personally I have planted a lot of these
and not once have they made it through the winter and returned. It could be
that the Connecticut climate is too harsh I am not really sure but I think winter drainage maybe the key to its cultivation. The color
scheme on this flower is beautiful and the plant grows nicely but it irks me
that they sell it as a perennial. That makes it a very expensive annual and in
my opinion not worth it.
Yesterday I saw the most
humongous Dragon Fly at work. Since the house is located near and partially in
a swamp they get a lot of strange bugs and I had never seen a Dragon Fly that
big before. He was having a little problem flying and a yellow jacket was
bothering him. He fought off the yellow jacket and eventually flew away. His
head was close to penny sized and the body was about 3.5 inches long. Of course
I didn’t have my camera with me so you are going to have to take my word on it.
1 comment:
very beautiful blend of orange. Great picture!
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