Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Gaillardia of the composite family, native to the Americas, widely cultivated for their large red, yellow, or bicolored flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of handsome annual or perennial American herbaceous composites, of a dozen species, most of which are natives of the United States.
- noun A plant of the genus Gaillardia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several New World
flowering plants of the genus Gaillardia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Plant species from the Asteraceae or daisy family such as gaillardia, cosmos, coreopsis and beach sunflower as well as ornamental grasses, and allow the flowers to go to seed to attract these gaudy birds to your landscape.
tcpalm.com Stories 2009
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Plant species from the Asteraceae or daisy family such as gaillardia, cosmos, coreopsis and beach sunflower as well as ornamental grasses, and allow the flowers to go to seed to attract these gaudy birds to your landscape.
tcpalm.com Stories 2009
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The brilliant orangy-gold of the gaillardia goes so nicely with the two shades of blue - dark 'Black and Blue' sage (middle-left) and caryopteris 'Worchester Gold' (back-right) - mix very nicely.
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Your gaillardia/kale combo reminds me of my gaillardia/artemesia combo, Frances.
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I love the yellow gaillardia but have trouble getting them going here for some reason.
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The colors are like gaillardia, but the flowers are smaller and more delicate.
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No wind, morning light, blue fescue and gaillardia ‘Goblin’ complete the scene.
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Thanks for the kind words, the festuca and gaillardia are actually in the ground, it is a combination that loves the heat of summer and gives good color all year.
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Tall phlox, asters, butterfly bushes gaillardia, salvias and good old annuals will have to do it.
Clems, Roses and Good Things Coming To An End « Fairegarden 2008
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I really need to add some gaillardia to my garden next summer.
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