{"product_id":"arizona-sun-blanket-flower-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Arizona Sun Blanket Flower - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eArizona Sun is a compact, award-winning blanket flower with big 3-inch blooms in fiery orange-red, each rimmed with a ring of golden yellow. It flowers from early summer into fall, giving steady color in borders, containers and cutting gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant stays low, just 8 to 10 inches tall, and thrives in heat and poor soil. Butterflies are strongly drawn to it, and deer usually pass it by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy-like flowers about 3 inches across with broad, fringe-tipped petals that are fiery orange-red at the base and banded with bright golden yellow at the tips, around a domed maroon-red center. Flowers are held singly on short stems just above a low mound of foliage. Leaves are green, lance-shaped and softly hairy. The plant is a compact mound 8 to 10 inches tall and about 10 inches wide. At peak bloom it is covered in red-and-yellow bicolor flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArizona Sun's red-and-gold blooms make a bright contrast at the feet of lavender, and both like full sun and lean, dry soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in lean, well-drained soil; it prefers poorer ground and resents wet winter soil. Hardy in zones 3 to 10 and very heat tolerant. Deadhead to keep it blooming, and cut back in late summer if it gets leggy.\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 Fiery orange-red tipped with golden yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Compact, low mound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8–10 in tall × 10 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":67723181392168,"sku":"GLLF-PER-580D15D4-72","price":316.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/arizona-sun-blanket-flower.jpg?v=1790864737","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/arizona-sun-blanket-flower-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}