Coreopsis (Tickseed)
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Including Coreopsis tripteris, Coreopsis pubescens, & Coreopsis verticillata

Coreopsis

Tickseed

The Coreopsis we offer are perennials. They share some characteristics with their annual cousins: they are dependable, easy to work with, and make a quick impact. Though they often play a supporting role, Coreopsis are performers you’ll remember when the show’s over, for foliage as much as for stellar flowers.

Coreopsis ‘Créme Brulée’ 

If Créme Brulée is your dessert of choice, consider satisfying your sweet tooth in a less caloric but equally delightful way. Originally discovered in Lois Woodhull’s Long Island garden, this new Blooms of Bressingham hybrid is parented by Coreopsis grandiflora and Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’.

Neat ferny mounds serve as a dark green, threadleaf foil for large, butter yellow, luminous flowers. Delicately notched at each petal tip, the perky, long blooming daisies not only top the foliage but line the robust stems. To savor an array of color and texture, clump forming ‘Créme Brulée’ can be grouped with Verbascum ‘Flush of White’ and Eryngium ‘Sapphire Blue’. (PPAF)

Blooms late June–September.

Size: 20" high x 2'–2-1/2' wide; hardy to zone 5.

AVAILABLE APRIL 2008

Coreopsis Créme Brulée (P-1251)
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Coreopsis pubescens ‘Sunshine Superman’ 

Star Tickseed

While Dale Hendricks of North Creek Nursery dreamed up the sixties inspired cultivar name, this sunny selection of our easy-to-grow, southeastern American native was introduced by Jelitto Seeds.

Encompassing orange disks, the golden notched petals describe chipper, medium-sized daisies that bloom effortlessly all summer long. The floriferous extravaganza shines above a low growing, compact bushy base of green, lance-shaped slightly fuzzy leaves, and is a brilliant match for Erysimum ‘Wenlock Beauty’.

Blooms June–September.

Size: 10"–12" high x 12" wide; hardy to zone 6.

Coreopsis pubescens Sunshine Superman (P-1328)
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Coreopsis tripteris 

Tall Tickseed

This lofty North American native yields a sea of dark-centered yellow daisies dancing atop strong, upright stems, which branch high up and impart an airy stature. Tall Tickseed is easy to grow and is most at home in a meadowlike setting, juxtaposed with the blue blades of Panicum ‘Cloud Nine’ and purple flowered Aster turbinellus.

Blooms August–September.

Size: 7' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 4.

Coreopsis tripteris (P-0836)
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Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ 

A year-round delight, ‘Moonbeam’ emerges in spring as an almost mossy mat; finely cut leaves evolve into fluffy foliage that supports billows of pale yellow-green star bursts. This unusual chartreuse complements almost any other color, though our favorite combination is Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’ or Miscanthus sinensis ‘Rigoletto’. After its long show, the rust-tinted seed heads remain through fall. Use as a ground cover in the rock garden or border—sturdy ‘Moonbeam’ does it all.

Blooms June–September.

Size: 18" high x 20" wide; hardy to zone 4.

Coreopsis verticillata Moonbeam (P-0051)
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