Orange Moon Lunar Gaillardia

Gaillardia x grandiflora Lunar 'Orange Moon' (Gaillardia x grandiflora Lunar 'Orange Moon') is a warmly glowing, richly colored blanket flower that captures the luminous warmth of a late-summer harvest moon in its large, vivid, pure orange daisy blooms — a saturated, warm orange of exceptional clarity and presence that radiates heat and sunshine from every flower through an exceptionally long season of generous, continuous bloom. The Lunar series represents a significant advance in blanket flower breeding — delivering a more refined, single-toned color palette in clean, jewel-bright shades on a compact, well-branched, sturdy form with larger, more impactful flower heads than older gaillardia selections. 'Orange Moon' is among the most warmly beautiful single-toned gaillardia available — its pure, saturated orange delivering a focused, glowing presence in sunny borders, rock gardens, and container arrangements that complements and enriches a remarkably wide range of companion planting combinations.

This professional-grade 4" plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to establish quickly and begin its long, generous flowering display. 'Orange Moon' excels in mixed perennial borders, cottage gardens, prairie-inspired plantings, coastal gardens, and sunny container arrangements where its vivid, pure orange flowers provide a warm, sustained color anchor from early summer into fall. It is particularly stunning combined with deep burgundy companions, golden rudbeckia, blue salvias, and silver-leaved plants for richly layered, warm-palette late-summer compositions of genuine seasonal presence.

• Pure, Vivid Orange Flowers of Exceptional Warmth: Large, single-toned vivid pure orange daisy blooms of exceptional color clarity and warmth are produced in generous, continuous abundance — a focused, luminous orange presence that radiates heat and harvest-season richness in sunny borders, containers, and prairie plantings from early summer well into fall.
• Lunar Series Advanced Breeding: A refined, clean single-toned color in a more compact, well-branched form with larger, more impactful flower heads than older gaillardia selections — the Lunar series delivers enhanced ornamental presence, a tidier garden habit, and a more focused, jewel-bright color palette than standard grandiflora types.
• Exceptional Heat & Drought Tolerance: Thrives in the full heat of summer and tolerates dry conditions with admirable resilience once established — a genuinely self-sufficient, low-maintenance warm-season performer for water-wise, Mediterranean-style, and xeriscape garden designs throughout a long and productive bloom season.
• Prolific Long-Season Bloom: Flowers continuously and abundantly from early summer through fall with regular deadheading — one of the most reliably heat-resilient and long-blooming perennials available for sunny borders, delivering warm, vivid orange color across the full length of the growing season.
• Native Pollinator Value: Retaining strong native pollinator attraction as a Gaillardia hybrid, 'Orange Moon' reliably draws native bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects throughout the long bloom season — providing vital pollen and nectar resources while delivering its warmly glowing orange display across summer and fall.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun (6+ hours daily) with well-drained, lean to average soil; avoid rich, fertile conditions and consistently wet positions — lean soil and excellent drainage produce the most prolific, vivid, and longest-lived plants. Water regularly during establishment, then reduce to low supplemental irrigation. USDA Hardiness Zones 3–9; mature height: 12–18 inches in bloom; spread: 12–18 inches. Bloom time: early summer through fall. Deadhead spent blooms regularly for best continuous flower production.