Astéracées • Gaillardia aristata

Gaillarde aristée - Organic

"It illuminates the gardens like a summer fire, faithful, radiant, and free."

$4.49

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Native to the prairies and plains of North America , Gaillardia aristaea embodies warmth and resilience . A hardy perennial, it is distinguished by its flowers in flamboyant hues – red, orange and yellow – evoking the vibrant light of wild summers.

Its upright habit , long flowering period, and ability to adapt to poor, dry, and well-drained soils make it an indispensable ally for low-maintenance, natural gardens . Highly valued for its drought tolerance , it blooms from June to September and attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators .

It integrates easily into borders, rock gardens, or wildflower beds , bringing color, structure, and movement. It is a decidedly free-spirited, graphic, and joyful plant that gracefully navigates the summer season.

  • Growing climate: Temperate climate, tolerates drought.
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy.
  • Care required: Occasional.

Note: Tolerates poor and dry soils, avoid excessive moisture.

Although gaillardia is primarily recognized for its ornamental and ecological value, it also holds a discreet place in North American Indigenous traditions. Some tribes used decoctions of its aerial parts for minor medicinal purposes, notably as a soothing infusion.

However, it is not consumed as a vegetable or herb. Today, it remains primarily a flower symbolizing freedom and resilience, celebrated in gardens for its solar energy, its ability to enliven dry flowerbeds, and its role in nourishing pollinators. A beauty to contemplate rather than to cook.

Gaillarde aristée - Organic

Gaillarde aristée - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor and outdoor seeding

Germination time

7-20 days

Germination temperature

18° to 22° Celsius

Sowing depth

Sowing at a depth of 5 mm

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

25 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant not very demanding in fungi-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

Average plant height

50 cm

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