{"product_id":"arizona-apricot-blanket-flower-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eArizona Apricot is a compact blanket flower that blooms nonstop from early summer into fall. Its large 3 to 3½-inch flowers are a soft apricot with yellow tips and a deeper orange center, and several rows of petals make each bloom look full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant forms a tidy one-foot mound that fits the front of a border, a rock garden or a container. It loves heat, handles poor soil and dry spells, and keeps butterflies and bees busy all season. It has earned several industry awards for its performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy-like flowers 3 to 3½ inches across with multiple rows of broad, fringed-tipped petals in warm apricot orange fading to soft yellow at the tips, around a domed center of deeper orange-brown. Flowers sit singly on short stems just above the foliage. Leaves are bright green, lance-shaped and slightly fuzzy. The plant is a compact, uniform mound about 12 inches tall and 12 inches wide. At peak bloom the mound is covered in apricot flowers with only small gaps of green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlanket flower thrives in the same hot, lean, well-drained ground as lavender, and its apricot tones warm up the cool purple of lavender at the front of the bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in lean, sandy or average soil with excellent drainage; rich or soggy soil shortens its life. Hardy in zones 3 to 10 and very tolerant of heat and drought. Deadhead to keep flowers coming, and cut back lightly in late summer to refresh the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gaillardia aristata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Apricot with yellow tips and an orange center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Compact, uniform mound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 in tall × 12 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"72-Cell Plug Tray","offer_id":67723173101864,"sku":"GLLF-PER-6E82D5B8-72","price":328.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/arizona-apricot-blanket-flower.jpg?v=1790864737","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/arizona-apricot-blanket-flower-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}