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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Bright Yellow
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Foliage: Herbaceous Smooth-Textured
Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
what a great plant! bright colored golden blooms cover these plants from march to november--wow! you need to keep them trimmed or they start to get leggy, but agreat color spot for a long period of time
On Jun 26, 2009, jcoakley from Chicago, IL (Zone 5b) wrote:
I really like this plant so far, especially now that I have it identified correctly! I planted two tiny plugs last spring (2008) and got just a few blooms (it didn't help that there was a bunny nest in my yard) but this summer it is blooming profusely. I've been deadheading it every few days just to keep it looking neat. Great, easy plant for newbie gardeners.
On Jun 5, 2008, Meig from Far Northwest 'burbs, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
Despite being hardy to Z4a, this did not survive this past winter in my perennial bed. It did survive in another place on my property, however, in a different aspect.
On Apr 29, 2008, htop from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
My husband bought 2 Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' (Coreopsis grandiflora) plants in 6 inch pots for 25 cents each on the dying plant table at Walmart last year. With a little care they came back to life and flourished. One was planted in a large container that is sunken in 15 inches of mulch in a flowerbed right by the street and is in the hottest area of my yard. The other one is in full sun in the ground in another flowerbed that receives a lot of heat. Both survived the winter and are flourishing. This is a really great Coreopsis that blooms profusely and requires little care once established. The bright colored, large blooms are beautiful against the deep green foliage.
On Jul 15, 2006, crowellli from Houston, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
I may be the only person in Houston who can't grow these! I planted several 4" nursery pots in a raised bed of amended, well draining soil in early June. They put out a few blooms and then promptly got some kind of fungal disease. All the leaves turned gray and shriveled. I cut them back and sprayed, but they didn't improve, so I pulled them up. No more of these for me!
On Jun 13, 2006, achoogardner from Red Oak, NC (Zone 7b) wrote:
I love this plant! It was handicapped by some stem burrowing bug last year but it has came back beautifully this year. Mine is about a foot and a half across. It just keeps on blooming as long as you deadhead. I have had a few volunteer plants in my driveway which I give to friends!
On May 28, 2005, shirleyt from Pearl River, LA wrote:
I love this plant, but I know very little about it...So far I have one that I purchased about six weeks ago...It is blooming profusely....I deadhead the plant and new buds just keep coming.... I am happy to hear it will continue to bloom until October...Yeah..... that is the kind of plants I want in my garden......lots of beauty for all my work... I love to save seeds and propagate...It just gets too dry here in May. Hopefully it will be like the last couple years and some rain will come with the change of the month. I want plants that bloom more than two weeks......I am new to gardening and and learning rapidly thanks to this site.
On May 28, 2005, Pyrola5 from Bradford, PA (Zone 5a) wrote:
I have never had this plant, but I did some seeds in Winter sow and they are growing. It sounds like a good plant,easy to grow so I am looking forward to having it in my flower beds.
On May 27, 2005, BUFFY690 from Prosperity, SC (Zone 7b) wrote:
Grows readily from seed I threw a couple of spent dried flowers into another flowerbed last autumn, and I have a nice sized plant in 2005.
Propagates nicely when small pieces are seperated from the original plant, also I split a few off in the early spring before it started to flower. They are doing great in pots and in another new location.
This is a fabulous plant, I plan to get a few other varieties in the coming years.
On Jun 30, 2004, saya from Heerlen Netherlands (Zone 8b) wrote:
A very strong, rich and long blooming compact (30-45 cm)perennial. She blooms in her first year after sowing with 5 cm half filled golden yellow flowers. She keeps on flowering into october if you deadhead. I love her very much and I consider her a must in any merry garden. She gives good cut flowers also.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Esparto, California Eureka, California Fallbrook, California Hesperia, California Norwalk, California Oakland, California (2 reports) Denver, Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado Pensacola, Florida Sarasota, Florida Cordele, Georgia Marietta, Georgia Chicago, Illinois Itasca, Illinois Spring Grove, Illinois Washington, Illinois Greenville, Indiana Dubuque, Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Olathe, Kansas Hebron, Kentucky Pearl River, Louisiana Crofton, Maryland Rockville, Maryland Peabody, Massachusetts Westford, Massachusetts Lincoln, Nebraska Manchester, New Hampshire Ocean View, New Jersey Tuckerton, New Jersey Albuquerque, New Mexico Himrod, New York Ithaca, New York Kew Gardens, New York Red Oak, North Carolina Wake Forest, North Carolina Berea, Ohio Coshocton, Ohio Ravenna, Ohio Springfield, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2 reports) Baker City, Oregon Eugene, Oregon Portland, Oregon Ford City, Pennsylvania Whitehall, Pennsylvania Crossville, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Rockwood, Tennessee Allen, Texas Dallas, Texas Fort Worth, Texas (2 reports) Killeen, Texas Rockport, Texas Rowlett, Texas Royse City, Texas San Antonio, Texas Spring, Texas Farmington, Utah Ogden, Utah Saint George, Utah Springfield, Virginia Kalama, Washington Langley, Washington Vancouver, Washington Milwaukee, Wisconsin