Coreopsis tinctoria seed

LATIN NAME: COREOPSIS TINCTORIA

COMMON NAME: Plains Coreopsis

The plains coreopsis beacons the slender, upright stems with the fine, divided leaves and the numerous small, daisy-like flowers with the yellow petals marked with the dark-red centres, opening through the summer into the autumn, the whole plant carrying the long, bright bloom. The flowers cover the plant in the waves, and they cut well for the vase. The plant grows fast into the airy, floriferous form, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the daisy family, the plains coreopsis has a long, prairie record in the studies of the wildflower annuals, and the species appears in the research on the flower colours and the dry-ground growth. The work covers the seed biology and the way the plant blooms in the waves, while the horticulturists value the long, easy flowering. The pollinator flowers keep the ecologists interested, and the breeders of the bright annuals keep the species in their programmes.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the sunny border and the meadow, the plains coreopsis beacons the colour all summer. The yellow, dark-centred flowers feed the bees and the butterflies, they cut well for the vase, and the plant seeds itself freely for the next year. It grows well in the light, well-drained, sunny ground and stands the dry spells. Bright, easy and prairie-generous.

To grow the Plains Coreopsis from seed,

Scatter the seeds over the surface of the fine, sandy bed, then press them in gently, keep the bed moist, and the seedlings show themselves within a week or two

Keep the bed gently watered, and thin the seedlings for the airy plants. The blooms open within a couple of months.

. Plant the young plants in the sunny, light ground, and the dark-centred blooms will beacon the border through the summer.

Masses of golden yellow seasonal color on a free flowering plant. Blooms late spring, continuing all summer if spent flowers are cut promptly. Produces loads of 2 inch daisies with serrated petal ends borne on long leafy stems. A reliable, resilient performer for casual cottage and country gardens. Formal enough for perennial borders as single, mass or edging.