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Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'

This little bugger did not overwinter for me here in zone 4! It was pretty while it lasted though, and I'll be hunting down more this spring and keeping my fingers crossed...

COREOPSIS rosea SWEET DREAMS- Short 18" - Plant 20" apart. zone 5-8. Stunning bicolor flowers of white with a raspberry center over needle-like foliage. Tremendous flower power. Long-lasting blooms, up to 1 1/2 inches, flower from late spring until frost. Color deepens to raspberry as the season progresses. A Blooms of Bressingham selection.

General Information
Especially free flowering - continuously in bloom from early summer right into fall. Makes a good cut flower with its unusual narrow tapered foliage. They spread readily and can be used in a naturalized planting, on a sunny bank, or in the traditional border. While they attract butterflies, they are deer resistant.

(FROM BLUESTONE)

This plant is great for filling in, in a perennial bed or as a companion plant to roses. It's flowers are very attractive.

Mature height is supposed to be 18". Blooms from June - October. Needs well-drained soil. Will grow in normal, clay or sandy soils. Deer resistant. Butterflies love it, though.

Originally found as a single stem on an ordinary Coreopsis rosea by Mark Leonard of the Flower Mill. Now grown and distributed by Blooms of Bressingham North America.

The flowers are 1 1/2" about twice the size of species Coreopsis rosea. Opening white w/ a dark raspberry center in mid Spring.
As the Summer progresses the flower's white outer edge takes on deep pink streaks and the raspberry center widens out.

I can attest to it's being drought hardy. Mine were found in a 50 cent bargain bin, 3" pot, bone dry and looked about dead. Within a few hours they had perked up and in two weeks started throwing new blooms. They have not stopped blooming in 2 months.

This plant blooms mid-July in my zone 5 garden. It flops over, and I don't stake it, so it appears to be about 6" tall.

In Macon, Ga I planted last spring and it did ok. When I moved it in the late winter to a new flower bed and it started to grow, we had a freeze and it died. I also bought Limerock Ruby and it died as well with the same experience. My Zagreb is doing great.

These are drought resistant once established. Shear plants after blooming to rejuvenate and more blooms will come in a week or two. Divide in spring or fall when needed.

Stunning flowers have white petals with a dark raspberry center. Blooms in late spring to early fall on plants with fine, needle-like foliage. Taller than 'Moonbeam' or regular rosea. Mine need staking as they fell over in a heavy rain and didn't get up.

From the grower: "As summer progresses, under high light and temperatures, the raspberry color develops further out on the ray petals, developing a slowly changing color pattern. Clumps spread rapidly to form a groundcover."