Small Spaces™
Gaillardia SpinTop Mariachi Copper Sun 180MM
Gaillardia ‘SpinTop Mariachi Copper Sun’ – 180MM
(Not currently available to be ordered)
I am Copper Sun Blanketflower. My family originated from North America
| My bright orange red and copper blooms with fluted petals are an attention grabber. My blooms are large, prolific and face upwards making me a blanket of colour from late spring through autumn.
Particularly tough I tolerate hot and dry conditions and cope with the odd frost. I am an ideal way to bring colour to exposed locations and with high salt tolerance I am well suited to coastal conditions. I even perform well in the poorest of soils with reasonable drainage. Avoid planting me in boggy or waterlogged locations. Adaptable my form presents well in a pot or container. My leaves grow all the way to the base meaning I look good container planted year round. Removing my spent blooms will encourage repeat flowering. I can benefit from a hard cut back when I have finished flowering to set me up for the next season. |
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Full Sun (6+ hours of direct sun) |
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Height: 0.35m Width: 0.35m |
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I need minimum water once established |
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Great For Pots |
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I am happy even in poor soils as long they have good drainage as I dislike boggy conditions |
| I am popular and will make you happy because… |
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From early spring through autumn I am covered in large orange red and copper coloured blooms with fluted petals |
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Particularly hardy I tolerate dry and hot conditions, frost and salt laden air suiting me to exposed locations |
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I perform equally well container planted as I do garden planted |
- Plant me:
- in pots and other containers
- in hanging baskets
- in garden beds and general landscaping
- to be cut flowers to be enjoyed indoors
- in coastal conditions
| Tips for success… |
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Removing my spent blooms encourages repeat flowering. I benefit from a hard cut back after flowering |
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Plant me 20cm apart |
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100% Recyclable Pot and Label Most pots and labels made from 100% recycled polypropylene |
| Plant family: Asteraceae |
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What is the Small Spaces™ Collection
No matter how Narrow & Small your modern urban space is, you can create a lush & colourful garden or courtyard.
Combine the habits of Upright, Mounding & Trailing for easy colourful arrangements in pots, containers or garden beds.
Available in 140mm, 180mm and 200mm pots
Upright - Mounding - Trailing
A simple recipe to create professional-looking plants and garden designs
By having the plants divided in the three types, Upright, Mounding or Trailing, we remove the intimidation factor to create your own gardening designs.
Upright plants
Also called thrillers, are the big, bold focal point, the centerpiece plant for your design. This plant provides an eye-catching vertical element.
You first select your Upright plant, which usually will be the tallest plants, and the starting point of your design.
Then, when is time to plant, the Upright plant goes in the center if your pot that will be viewed from all sides.
You planted in the back of a pot, or the back of a garden bed, depending on your focal point.
A great upright choice is tall ornamental grasses such as purple fountain grass or liriopes. You can find them under our Mighty Tuff® collection. Or you can use anigozanthos from our Nature's Nectar®.
Small Spaces offers a collection of flowering plants ideal to use as thrillers, such are Cannas, Alstroemerias, Mandevilleas or you can even use some dwarf pittosporums
Mounding plants
Also called fillers, are mid-size, mounding, or rounded plants that surround and complement but not overwhelm the upright plant and fill the space in the planter or garden. You can use one filler or opt for two or three different plants in your container or garden design. Pick colours that complement your Upright Plant, or different textures, like a round-leaved mounding plant with a spiky Upright plant.
Often, they help by hiding the bare knees, the less interesting stems or stalks of the Upright plants
The difficult part is selecting the plant from so many choices, but a few suggestions include: cupheas, salvias, scaevolas, pelargoniums, etc.
Trailing plants
Also called spillers, are splashy plants that cascade and tumble over the sides of containers or cascaiding down a wall .
Even though the main rule of this plants is to sprawl over the side of the pots, sometimes it's fun to unify a composition by training a few tendrils of a Trailing plant to climb into and through both the Mounding and Upright plants.
You can use some of this varieties as Trailing plants: ajugas, campanulas, lotus Red Flash, lobelias, Veronica Oxford Blue, etc.