| Description | Vivided gold and red marked fun flowers. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (kor-ee-OP-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Sunlight | needs full sun for best flower production, shaded gardens produce weak stemmed plants |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | vivid gold and red star shaped flowers, flowers in flushes, petals (actually ray flowers) look tubular |
| Leaves | ferny foliage |
| Dimensions | 1.5-2 feet tall, mine reached between 12 and 16 inches, use a close spacing so the plants support each other |
| Maintenance | pruning for shape, dead heading |
| Propagation | easy from seeds |
| Misc Facts | Coreopsis is derived from Greek corio-(bug)and -opsis (likeness) components with reference to the appearance of the seed.(www.plantlives.com) )syn Calliopsis tinctoria) |
| Author's Notes | A weak stemmed plant. I needed to stake mine, Flowers in flushes so dead heading helps improve plants appearance and flower production. I dead headed by grabbing a bunch of the thin spent flower stems and snipping them all at once, individual flower dead heading is laborious. Can be an aggressive re-seeder. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson) |
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