| Description | A verticillata type Coreopsis. Flowers have a red eye and red pigment bleeds irregularly into the rest of the flower. |
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| Pronunciation | (kor-ee-OP-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average to well drained, can rot in poorly drained soils, especially in the winter |
| Flowers | yellow, daisy-like, red eye, red pigment bleeds irregularly into the rest of the flower from the eye out, blooms for me end of June through August or longer |
| Leaves | green, 3 part, thread-like sections |
| Dimensions | 24 plus inches tall |
| Maintenance | can be sheared back to promote a new flush of cleaner foliage, although time consuming dead heading will improve flowering, does get some mildew on the leaves late in the year |
| Propagation | U.S. Plant Patent Applied For (PPAF), division |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated in 2005 in a garden at Bauer's Forever Flowers, in Lucinda, Pennsylvania USA. |
| 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 | The irregularity of the red pigment pattern in the flowers gives an unusual design that to some is rather gaudy. I have this plant in my garden for 5 years (2015). It made it through the summer drought of 2012 with only survival water. |
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