Coreopsis grandiflora 'RISING SUN' tickseed, coreopsis
Coreopsis
Coreopsis – tickseed is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with richly coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a city-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot.RISING SUN is a profusely flowering tickseed variety with golden yellow, semi-double flowers with mahogany red centres. They come out on 30-40 long stems from late June until early autumn. Deadheading will enhance the flowering but is not a must. It flowers abundantly every year. RISING SUN tickseed forms a bushy clump with healthy, light to mid green, narrowly lanceolate leaves, and is not invasive seeding itself around like some other tickseed species.
Coreopsis will grow in almost any soil apart from boggy and heavy clay, and as it withstands drought it is popular for rockeries. Making it a glowing feature in your perennial bed is the reasonable and expected way of using it. But placing it among shrubs with different foliage and flowers will mean an honour for this easy to grow and affordable beauty. Fully hardy to about -30°C (USDA zone 5a), possibly a little more.
Last update 16-12-2013
