Most commonly, the flowers are yellow with red tips. Depending on cultivar (cultivated variety), gaillardia may be a perennial, coming back each year. They're generally short-lived (often only lasting two years), while some species are annuals.

Will my Gaillardia come back?

The short-lived perennial blanket flower (Gaillardia grandiflora) tends to reseed prolifically. ... Some gardeners feel pruning blanket flower plants back and mulching is the way to go. Others do not prune, but deadhead, and do not mulch.

Is a Gaillardia an annual or perennial?

Perennial Gaillardia, also known as Blanket Flower, is an easy grower that blooms big color for months. Tough, cold hardy plants, these flowers are dependably perennial for decades, attracting plentiful pollinators to their nectar-rich blooms every year. Gaillardia also make great container plants.