Coreopsis grandiflora 'ILLICO'^®

Coreopsis grandiflora 'ILLICO'®
tickseed

SIZE/TYPE	low or groundcovering
USUAL HEIGHT	0.2-0.3m
USUAL WIDTH	0.2-0.4m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	yellow
BLOOMING TIME	June - August
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials Deciduous broadleaf

Coreopsis is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with rich-coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a town-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot.

Illico^® is a compact variety with 20-30 cm long stalks bearing profusion of golden yellow flowers from June till August. Deadheading will enhance the flowering but is not a must. It flowers abundantly every year. Its leaves are blue-green to green, wider than on thread-leaf varieties.

The desirable advantage of this variety is that it is not invasive and does not seed itself around like some of the other coreopsis. It forms a dense and compact clump.

It will grow in nearly any soil and as it withstands drought it is popular for rockeries. Making it a glowing feature in your perennial garden 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 and affordable beauty. Fully hardy to -27°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 06-06-2009

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FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.