Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
Firewheel spins out red-and-yellow pinwheel daisies from spring to frost on the hottest, driest sites. A free-seeding annual that paints sandy roadsides across the South.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, yellow, brown
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, WI
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