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Botanical Name: Coreopsis
Common Name: Tickseed
Hardiness: Zone 4 - 9
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Time: Summer
Flower Colours: Yellow
Foliage:
Height: 12 - 36 inches
Spread: 8 - 16 inches
Soil Type: Fertile
Moisture: Well drained
Care Level: Moderate
Coreopsis grandiflora Sunray

General Description:
Dependable perennial, great colours and long bloom period if deadheaded.
Mayfield Giant/Sunray: Easy perennial, bright yellow, daily like blossoms from late spring to mid summer. Slightly hairy leaves form a loose mound 12-24 inches tall and wide. The flower stems rise to neary 24 inches. Self seeds freely.

Autumn Blush: 26 inches tall. A very long-blooming perennial, forming a spreading mound of bright-green ferny leaves. Small butter-yellow daisies appear in succession from early summer to frost, each with a brilliant red eye, and often red tips. Flowers develop a delicate peachy blush during cooler autumn weather. Cut back lightly in August to encourage renewed blooming. Great for the front of a sunny border, or planting in mixed containers. Tolerates heat and humidity. Plants will flower best in a sunny location. Attracts butterfies. Easy to care for.

Care and Maintenance:
Long-lived. Should be divided regularily. Grows in most well drained soils.

Uses & Features:
Cottage Garden
Mid, Back Border
Mass plantings
Rock Garden
Cut Flower
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Attacts Butterflies

Varieties Available:
Grandiflora:
Mayfield Giant
Sunray
Verticillata:
Zagreb

Autumn Blush
Rising Sun
Sweet Dreams