Happy Monday! Today's image is another trio of flowers I captured this past summer. This time they are my Gaillardia or Blanket Flowers which can be a wildflower here in Kansas. I am hoping that these survive the winter and return but we shall see. So far I have not had much luck with them returning. I enjoyed them very much though during the year and they bloomed right up till frost. The middle one is what they look like just as they begin to open.
I am trying another Gaillardia plant this year. It's a bit different variety, the petals are an interesting shape which my photo shows off. It sure seems to like it's spot as it has grown and flowered a lot this year. I hope it over winters better than the ones I have had before that never came back the next year even though they are perrenial in this area. This is actually a 3 image focus stack.
I love Gaillardia, also known as Blanket, flowers. They always do well for me during the current year but never seem to return. I am trying once again in a new spot. I will see what happens this spring. I love the look of the blooms of this one, a little different than others I have had. Maybe this will be the one to return. They grow wild in Kansas as well.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! This is one of my favorites. I have tried to grow it several times and it will do well during the year but it never comes back. I must not have found the right spot for it yet. This is Blanket Flower or Gaillardia. This group was still blooming fairly late in the summer when I shot this.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog once again. Since I mentioned them this week, my flower for today is the Gaillardia or Blanket flower. These are just about ending their bloom here in Kansas in my area. I have seen a couple recently. I wish I could get them to grow in my garden since they are native to Kansas but they never come back in the spring. Now sure what i am doing wrong so I guess I will just have to enjoy them in the wild. These were a more orange variety but some have the yellow and orange together like the flowers on Monday.
I hope you check out my Wildflowers by Colors pages here on the Blog to help you ID wildflowers you may be seeing. A lot of the ones there can be found in other areas and not just Kansas.
