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Today’s Flowers: Gaillardia

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Since last week I posted a gazania flower, this week I am featuring a gaillardia (also known as a blanket flower), taken at the same farm back in September.

Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz, for this lovely and fun meme.

Today's Flowers

24 Comments »

  1. RuneE says:

    A colourful one – almost Spanish!

  2. Maria says:

    I love this flower very much. When I was a child, my grandmother grew them in ther typical peasant’s garden. They are the incarnation of summer to me :)

  3. Dot says:

    It has the colors of fall. Beautiful!

  4. ReaderWil says:

    Very colourful! Beautiful shot, Leora!

  5. Tammie says:

    Lovely colors, so bright and cheerful!

  6. Zriz says:

    Oh! So that’s what it’s called! I took a photo of a flower that looks like that and i thought it was a sunflower! hehehehe

    Lovely shot!

    Mine is blooming here

  7. Gunilla says:

    Beautiful photo of a beautiful flower

    Greetings

    Gunilla in Sweden

  8. Carletta says:

    I only became familiar with these through Today’s Flowers.
    Now they have become a favorite and this one is beautiful!
    I like how you captured the one to the right just emerging.

  9. Ilana-Davita says:

    I love the bright colors and the subdued bud on the right.

  10. arleena says:

    Great photo and pretty flowers

  11. Arija says:

    Don’t you just love the golden edge and pom-pom in the middle? Lovely!

  12. Beautiful flower with great color combination :)

  13. Raven says:

    Lovely bright flower and an easy flower to grow.

  14. Darla says:

    What a beauty!

  15. Olga says:

    What a pretty flower. It sort of reminds me of an African Daisy.

  16. Lurdes Lopes says:

    Leora!
    Beautiful shot,and pretty colors…
    Greetings from Portugal!

  17. chrome3d says:

    What a star it is!

  18. Gaillardia are such pretty flowers!

  19. Paz says:

    What a wonderful color combination. I’ve never seen this flower before. Thanks for sharing with us.

    Paz

  20. ViennaDaily says:

    Such fiery color! A ’sunflower’ in its own right….

  21. Fishing Guy says:

    Leora: What a beautiful flower, they have marvelous colors.

  22. Leora,

    Wonderful post! Beautiful flower!
    Thanks for join.

    Luiz

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