Hardiness zones
Sunset All
USDA All

Landscape Use: Mixed flower garden, border, accent, mesic gardens themes in arid climates like Phoenix, xeric elsewhere. Will usually persist for 2-4 years in Phoenix as a perennial under good conditions

Form & Character: Herbaceous perennial, bright, festive, prostrate to upright when flowering

Growth Habit: Moderate, basal clumping when vegetative sending flower stalks to 2' tall

Foliage/Texture: Opposite, variable in length, medium to dark green, oblanceolate, simple to pinnately lobed, more basally clustered, sparse on stems, medium texture

Flowers & Fruits: Brilliant yellow to orange yellow ray flowers, 2" in diameter, on branched peduncles; fruit an achene, inconspicuous, seed wind dispersed.

Seasonal Color: Flowering in April in Phoenix

Temperature: Tolerant of all but highest summer heat, will freeze to ground in coldest climates.

Light: Partial shade to full sun, no intense western exposures.

Soil: Tolerant of some alkalinity.

Watering: Regular

Pruning: Remove flower stalks after bloom.

Propagation: Seed

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: Coreopsis contains over 100 species of annuals and perennials native to the new world and Africa. There are many named cultivars of which those that are dwarf have great landscape border value for their consistent summer bloom. All Coreopsis attract butterflies.