Coreopsis lanceolata - LANCE-LEAF COREOPSIS (SAND COREOPSIS)
This native wildflower is a very showy plant that has big, golden yellow flowers and a long flowering season. It grows in clumps of light green, hairy leaves.
For sunny flower beds with drier/drained soils, wildflower gardens, meadows or prairies. It is much longer-lived in areas with poor, dry soils, otherwise it is a more short-lived perennial, but reliably self-seeds and generally stays in the flower bed. Drought and heat tolerant.
Blooming Time: May to July
Size: 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5 wide
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun, half shade, does best in drained soils, sandy, rocky or gravelly soils, or average garden soils improved with some sand (will not grow in wet clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to medium
Origin: most of the states in the USA, plus British Columbia and Ontario (see USDA distribution map), naturally occurring on mesic to dry sand prairies, gravel prairies, hill prairies, limestone glades, thinly wooded bluffs, and along railroads or roadsides
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes, leaves may be browsed occasionally
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: attracts many kinds of insect visitors, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, skippers, day-flying moths, and beetles
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Coreopsis lanceolata - LANCE-LEAF COREOPSIS (SAND COREOPSIS)
This native wildflower is a very showy plant that has big, golden yellow flowers and a long flowering season. It grows in clumps of light green, hairy leaves.
For sunny flower beds with drier/drained soils, wildflower gardens, meadows or prairies. It is much longer-lived in areas with poor, dry soils, otherwise it is a more short-lived perennial, but reliably self-seeds and generally stays in the flower bed. Drought and heat tolerant.
Blooming Time: May to July
Size: 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5 wide
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: full sun, half shade, does best in drained soils, sandy, rocky or gravelly soils, or average garden soils improved with some sand (will not grow in wet clay)
Moisture Needs: dry to medium
Origin: most of the states in the USA, plus British Columbia and Ontario (see USDA distribution map), naturally occurring on mesic to dry sand prairies, gravel prairies, hill prairies, limestone glades, thinly wooded bluffs, and along railroads or roadsides
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes, leaves may be browsed occasionally
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: attracts many kinds of insect visitors, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, skippers, day-flying moths, and beetles
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot