coreopsis verticillata threadleaf coreopsis, whorled ...water requirements: dry, moist lotus...

Perennial Flowers En Masse and with Pollinator** Height: ½–3½ feet Spread: 2–3 feet Bloom Color: Yellow Characteristics Dense, finely textured, bushy clumps Three-parted leaves with thread-like segment Single yellow flowers in loose clusters from late spring to late summer Spreads readily by rhizomes and reseeding Attributes Tolerates dry/poor soil, drought, heat, and humidity; intolerant of waterlogged soils No serious pests or diseases Deer rarely damage Ethnobotanic and therapeutic uses Attracts butterflies and other pollinators Growing and Maintenance Tips Excellent Replacement for Soil Requirements: Well-drained Cosmos species - Cosmos (annual) Light Requirements: Sun, Partial Shade Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy Water Requirements: Dry, Moist Lotus corniculatus - Bird’s Foot Trefoil Deadhead for continued blooms or shear plants mid- to late summer for fall re-bloom Rudbeckia hirta - Black-Eyed Susan (annual) Use in mixed borders, containers, or cutting gardens, or naturalized in meadow gardens Zinnia species - Zinnia (annual) gardens, or naturalized in meadow gardens *It also is native to DC and to areas in MD. It is unreported in DE Hardiness: USDA Zones 3–9 and PA. ** The sweat bee sipping nectar is a generalist pollinator. developed by Master Gardeners of Norther rn Virginia, serving Arlington and Alexandria Images by Mary Free, private garden and Sunny Garden Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed Threadleaf Coreopsis, with its showy flower clusters and airy foliage, is as popular in the garden today as it was in the 19th century. Its natural habitat,* though, is mostly in Virginia and central North Carolina. If you are fond of its appearance but wary of self-seeding plants, then try the sterile, compact cultivar ‘Moonbeam’ that spreads by rhizomes. Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; M. Ray McKinnie, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg.

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Perennial Flowers En Masse and with Pollinator**

Height: ½–3½ feet

Spread: 2–3 feet

Bloom Color: Yellow

Characteristics

Dense, finely textured, bushy clumps

Three-parted leaves with thread-like segment

Single yellow flowers in loose clusters from late spring to late summer

Spreads readily by rhizomes and reseeding

Attributes

Tolerates dry/poor soil, drought, heat, and humidity; intolerant of waterlogged soils

No serious pests or diseases

Deer rarely damage

Ethnobotanic and therapeutic uses

Attracts butterflies and other pollinators

Growing and Maintenance Tips Excellent Replacement for

Soil Requirements: Well-drained Cosmos species - Cosmos (annual)

Light Requirements: Sun, Partial Shade Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy

Water Requirements: Dry, Moist Lotus corniculatus - Bird’s Foot Trefoil

Deadhead for continued blooms or shear plants mid- to late summer for fall re-bloom

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-Eyed Susan (annual)

Use in mixed borders, containers, or cutting gardens, or naturalized in meadow gardens

Zinnia species - Zinnia (annual)Use in mixed borders, containers, or cutting gardens, or naturalized in meadow gardens

*It also is native to DC and to areas in MD. It is unreported in DE and PA.** The sweat bee sipping nectar is a generalist pollinator.Hardiness: USDA Zones 3–9*It also is native to DC and to areas in MD. It is unreported in DE and PA.** The sweat bee sipping nectar is a generalist pollinator.

developed by Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, serving Arlington and Alexandriadeveloped by Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, serving Arlington and AlexandriaImages by Mary Free, private garden and Sunny Garden

Tried and TrueNative Plant Selections

for the Mid-Atlantic

Coreopsis verticillataThreadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed

Threadleaf Coreopsis, with its showy flower clusters and airy foliage, is as popular in the garden today as it was in the 19th century. Its natural habitat,* though, is mostly in Virginia and central North Carolina. If you are fond of its appearance but wary of self-seeding plants, then try the sterile, compact cultivar ‘Moonbeam’ that spreads by rhizomes.

Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; M. Ray McKinnie, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg.