Gaillardia Flower Meadow

Gaillardia is a plant ancestors from the American wild west, so it is easy to grow without special care. Another specialty, the plant is tolerant of hot weather and dry ground. This makes it the mainstay of cut flowers throughout the summer.
This canitk flowering plants commonly called flower meadow (prairie flower), because its natural habitat is derived from a grassy environment or in an open area.
Seasonal and yearly
Gaillardia genus consists of 28 species, mostly type of annual (seasonal), and the remaining perennial (yearly). Gaillardia aristata is the only type that comes from North America bagianBarat.
Gaillardia including shrub, height of no more than 30 cm. The leaves are pinate and have bulub fine hairs on its surface. Perbungaannya rod shape tall and slim, unless the Goblin varieties which are mini varieties. Goblin varieties are often used as a garden border.
Long-stemmed flower varieties require poles or stakes to keep the plant upright. Some well-known varieties are red plume, Yellow Sun, Goblin, and Yellow Queen. Cultivation Gaillardia plants can be propagated by seed. Floribunda Nursery bring the seeds from Holland and planted them in the garden Cibodas. The local temperature in the range 19 - 22oC, very suitable for the growth of these plants.
Plants need well drained soil, planting in argillaceous soil should be avoided. He also require full sun in order to optimally perbungaannya. Seeding stage started at sowing in humus media ferns. Ten days later the seeds have started to germinate, and transferred into a 10-cm polybags containing humus bamboo. Seedlings maintained for 1 month in a polybag.
Before being transferred to polythene bags containing soil media, husk and bamboo with a ratio of 1: 1: 1. Approximately one month later the seedlings can already be planted in the garden. NPK fertilizer plants using liquid with a dose of 22 cc / liter. Fertilization is done 2 weeks began during seeding to flowering. Approximately one month after planting in the garden, Gaillardia already started flowering.