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Top native blanket flowers

8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 4 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3 Well drained 3

Water use

Medium 2

Soil

Rocky 2 Sand 2 Loam 2 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 3

Deer resistant

Yes 2

Resists

Dry soil 2 Heat 2 Poor soil 2 Salt 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 3 Erect 2 Mounding 1 Rounded 1

Plant type

Wildflower 8 Perennial 5 Annual 2 Herbaceous perennial 2
  • Firewheel Gaillardia pulchella caterpillars 7 bees 8 hosts 1 food 14 flowers 169
  • Lanceleaf Blanketflower Gaillardia aestivalis caterpillars 1 bees 7 hosts 1 food 6 flowers 77
  • Great Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata caterpillars 1 bees 7 hosts 1 food 4 flowers 168
  • Red Dome Blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifida caterpillars 1 bees 6 hosts 1 food 6 flowers 85
  • Western Blanketflower Gaillardia spathulata bees 4 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 49
  • Parry's Blanketflower Gaillardia parryi bees 3 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 46
  • Arizona Blanketflower Gaillardia arizonica bees 3 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 35
  • Bandana Daisy Gaillardia coahuilensis bees 2 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 36

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