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If you are, as most gardeners, already planning next summer’s flower beds, thinking ahead saves you a lot of money and provides a comforting “gardening fix” during the early months of spring. The blanket flower is relatively easy to propagate, provided you follow a few simple rules. If you’re planting from seed, start your seedlings two months to ten weeks before your last expected frost. Do not cover the seeds, as the blanket flower requires both light and warmth to germinate. Pick up a plastic germinating dome from your nursery supply, along with a heating pad. Direct seed, and keep them at a temperature between 65 and 72 degrees. If you don’t want to bother with the heating pad, the top of your refrigerator may do just fine. In two to three weeks, you’ll have seedlings. After planting in the garden when the weather has warmed, the blanket flower requires little care and minimal fertilizing.

To promote prolific blooms, deadhead spent blooms. You’ll extend the flowering season.

The blanket flower is the solution for gardeners desiring a beautiful garden display that comes back year after year and “toughs out” harsh conditions. Too good to be true? No, the blanket flower fills the bill when it comes to difficult landscaping.

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