Picta Doubles Mixed Gaillardia Seeds 5245

Picta Doubles Mixed Gaillardia Seeds 5245. Heirloom Flower. Annual.

Approx. 175 seeds/pkt (600 seeds/gram)

Gaillardia pulchella is a parent of ‘G. grandiflora x hybrida’. A fully double mixture with well-rounded flower heads that can grow up to 12.5 cm across. Plants grow to 40 cm in height and produce flowers from summer through to early autumn. This gaillardia is a variable short lived perennial noted to be hardy to Zone 5 – we suggest though that it is best treated as an annual. Plants may self sow but it is not invasive.

How to Grow

Best directly sown outdoors in a sunny site. Sow seed 6 mm deep from mid-May to early June. Thin established plants to 20-30 cm apart. For earlier flowering, seed can be started indoors in a soil-less mix 4-6 weeks before planting out. Sow seed at 6 mm and at a temperature of 20° C, they will germinate in 7-14 days – grow on under lights at a cooler temperature of 14° C before hardening off and transplanting to a sunny site in the garden after the danger of frost has passed.