Top Plant Picks: CSU Research
Gaillardia aristata
Spin Top Yellow Touch
Gaillardia aristata ‘SpinTop Yellow Touch’ – Gaillardia ‘SpinTop Yellow Touch’ from Dummen Orange
Delosperma ‘Alan’s Apricot’PPAF – ‘Alan’s Apricot’ Delosperma from Plant Select®
Flowers were very showy—predominantly red with an edge of yellow around the tip of each blossom. The attractive green foliage complemented the bloom color. Plant habit was relatively small, compact and mounded, but packed with a lot of flower power.
At peak bloom, plants are a carpet of apricot colored flowers. Plants are uniform and have great vigor as well as better cold hardiness than many Delosperma. Flowers have a unique color and bloom continually throughout the season.
LEGEND Full sun Adapts to part shade Prefers shadier conditions Useful for containers Xeric Requires moisture Requires more moisture
Tips & Tricks: Survival rate was very good
for a Gaillardia, and its cold hardiness was impressive. Additional entries in this ‘Spin Top’ series had superior cold hardiness as well.
Zone 4-5
Tips & Tricks: Alan’s Apricot is great for low water plantings but will also tolerate some extra water that often kills other Delospermas. It is a good low-maintenance plant.
Zone 4-5
Contributed by James E. Klett, professor, Colorado State University, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture March/April 2019 Colorado Green
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