Planting and caring for perennial coreopsis, TOP 25 varieties

Once you see a coreopsis, you will fall in love with it forever. Flower growers are attracted by its decorativeness and ease of care. One has only to sow seeds in the garden, and next year you will get a carpet of yellow, brown, and reddish shades. A flower from the Asteraceae family can grow in any corner of the garden, on all soils. For abundant flowering, it is enough to provide regular watering. In general, planting and caring for perennial coreopsis will not be a burden.

Description

The coreopsis family is represented by perennial and annual plants. But this fact does not force one to abandon one in favor of the other. Both flowers are elegant and showy, and the bright flowers, framed by the most delicate greenery, radiate the rays of the sun.

A herbaceous plant, up to 1 meter high or a little more, with widely spreading thin shoots, with an abundance of palmate or lanceolate leaves, which are located at the base of each shoot. There are practically no leaves at the ends of the shoot, giving the flowers a floating appearance.

Coreopsis is loved for its long flowering period, lasting from mid-July until the first frost. The flower has a bushy compact form, during flowering it is completely covered with inflorescences of various colors: terracotta, bright yellow, pink, red and in a mixture of colors. The flowers are single-row or double, with densely packed petals along the edge.

The flowers are not large, only 3 to 6 centimeters in diameter, but against the background of needle-like foliage and when collected they seem huge, each with a dark core. After flowering, a box with seeds appears.Due to the shape of this box, the plant received the name “bug species”.

The seeds are small, for comparison: 1 gram contains about 500 achenes.

Peculiarities

Externally, coreopsis is similar to chamomile. It’s easy to grow a flower on your site. If you plan to grow an annual crop, then it is enough to sow the seeds in mid-May in open ground or in a greenhouse in April. Flowering will be lush and long-lasting.

The perennial crop usually blooms in the second year, when sown in a flower bed. But if sowing is done through seedlings, flowering is observed in the first year of life.

Types and varieties

All types of coreopsis are conventionally divided into perennial and annual. There are more than 50 of them in their diversity. Below we present a list of species and varieties of coreopsis to make it easier to choose for planting in the garden.

Drummond

An annual flowering shrub reaching a height of 40-60 centimeters. Flowering begins in July and continues until late autumn. The flowers are bright yellow, with a dark red center, reaching 3-6 centimeters in diameter. It has a highly branched stem and pinnately divided leaves. Drummond varieties.

Golden Crown

Large yellow flower. Its petals are laid out in 2-3 rows, making the inflorescence seem terry. The edges of the petals are jagged. The core is dark yellow. The diameter of the flowers is up to 6-8 centimeters.

Airlie Sunrise

The low bush Airlie Sunrise will perfectly become a border for flower beds with tall flowers, since its height is 45 centimeters. The flowers are sunny, yellow, semi-double, with indented edges and petals. Flowering is long and abundant.

Mistigree

The flowers of Coreopsis Mistigri are similar to the common chamomile, but larger in diameter. The color of the petals is pale yellow, with a bright center located in the center.The shape of the petals is an oval with a strongly dissected edge.

Dyeing

The most common “lenok” acquired the name “dying” for its ability to turn water yellow when the seeds are soaked. The plant is tall, up to 1 meter. The stem is erect with thin, multi-branched shoots. The leaves frame the base of the bush, but there is also greenery on the shoots, but much less.

The flowers are single baskets, reaching 5 centimeters in diameter. The main color is yellow, the center is colored red-brown. Plants with tubular flowers, mostly red. This type of coreopsis is represented by the following varieties.

Goldstrahl

The plant is presented in the form of a low bush, approximately 50 centimeters. The flowers are small - 30 millimeters in diameter. The outer petals are yellow, the central flowers are bright red.

Bluetrot Zwerg

Coreopsis differs from the Goldstral variety in its height - 25 centimeters and the color of the inflorescences, which are presented in red tones. The center is clearly defined against the background of red, almost brown petals.

Roulette

The center of the flowers is red, the outer petals are yellow, with red stripes, and have a wavy-dissected edge. The plant is low, very spreading. The leaves are finely feathery, reminiscent of a Christmas tree.

Amulet

The flowers, like the center, are bright red, framed by thin fragile shoots and thin needle-like leaves. The height of the plant does not exceed 25 centimeters. Coreopsis Amulet can be a wonderful decoration of the garden, in any corner, in any flower bed, and does not require much effort in care.

Red Tiger

Quite a small, compact bush, 20 centimeters high. Some specimens do not exceed 15 centimeters.Along the contour of the brown core are yellow petals with reddish splashes.

Feruleleaf

If the Drummond and Krasilny species have little compact bushiness, then Feruleleaf coreopsis is a rather powerful shrub, represented by annual and biennial varieties. The plant has thick shoots and dense foliage.

The height of species reaches 90 centimeters. The crown has the same dimensions in diameter, on which bright yellow inflorescences are scattered everywhere, reaching 4 centimeters in cross section. This species is represented by the following varieties, which are common among gardeners.

Goldie

This variety has retained all the characteristics inherent to the species, but is distinguished by slightly wide leaves of a pale green color.

Golden Goddes

The flowers are slightly larger - 5 centimeters, having exactly five petals of a sunny, lemon color, in the center - the middle of the same color. The petals are ovoid in shape, with a smooth edge.

Samsara

This variety of coreopsis is intended for growing in hanging cocovito (wicker pots). The plant received this opportunity due to its especially small and compact size. In one pot, it is enough to grow one plant so that it resembles a whole bouquet of bright yellow, five-petaled flowers with a slightly dark center.

Large-flowered

For a long time, breeder Darrell Probst was engaged in coreopsis. He loved these flowers for their great responsiveness to crossing and the positive results in his work. Particular attention was paid to large-flowered coreopsis.

Today this species is represented by perennial shrub or semi-shrub herbaceous plants, blooming profusely all summer and autumn. The flower has the following characteristics:

• fibrous root system;
• abundantly branched erect stem;
• the height of coreopsis, depending on the variety, varies from 20 centimeters to 1 meter;
• the entire stem and shoots are covered with greenery;
• the leaves are larger at the base;
• leaf shape – finger-shaped, pinnate;
• flowers double, simple;
• cross section reaches 8 centimeters;
• colors: lemon, sunny, lilac, red, brown and mixed.

The following varieties are known.

Baden Gold

It is grown in proximity to other coreopsis due to its early flowering, which begins in June. The height of the plant from the base is 0.8-1 meter, on which 7-centimeter yellow flowers are located everywhere, with the same center. Greenery looks impressive. The leaves are pinnate, with a prominent central vein, and pale green in color.

Mayfield Giant and Sunburst

These plants are similar to each other. The height of both reaches 80 centimeters. The flowers are bright yellow. On the petals, closer to the center, there are almost brown dots.

Golden ball

Low-growing perennial coreopsis, up to 40 centimeters high, with yellow, closer to orange, flowers.

Lanceolate

The species was named for the shape of its foliage. The slightly elongated leaves, concentrated at the base, have a lily-lanceolate shape. Each flower is located on a separate shoot that does not have foliage. The inflorescences are small - up to 5 centimeters, mostly yellow and red.

Golden Queen

A perennial variety with yellow, almost lemon-colored inflorescences and a more pronounced center. The height of the plant can be up to 60 centimeters. Flowering is abundant, almost until the onset of the first autumn frosts.

Goldfink

A variety of dwarf coreopsis, with yellow petals at the base, with red spots merging into a stripe framing the middle. The center is dark yellow. Height – 30 centimeters.

Rotkelchen

The flowers measure 5 centimeters, have a red center and yellow petals with heavily cut edges, as if torn.

Whorled

Perennial, the age of which can reach 6 years. Very spreading bushes with a large number of thin shoots coming from the base. The foliage is thin, more like needles than leaves. Coreopsis is attractive with colors that can be red, yellow and their shades. The varietal variety is represented by the following representatives, the most common among flower growers.

Zagreb

Coreopsis variety Zagreb is small in height - only 40 centimeters, when other varieties are up to 1 meter. The flowers are yellow and look golden in the sun. The inflorescences are framed by the most delicate needle-shaped leaves of a pale green color.

Moonbeam

The height of the variety is no more than 30 centimeters, with yellow flowers scattered abundantly throughout the bush.

Whorled coreopsis is also represented by other varieties, such as: Ruby Red, Child of the Sun, Ruby Limerok.

Pink

Perennial, reaching a height of no more than 40 centimeters. Popularly, pink coreopsis is called “cosmea”, for its splendor and at the same time, weightlessness, which is achieved by thin leaves resembling long needles. The flowers are large, having white, red, burgundy and other shades. The most picturesque varieties are.

Sweet Dreams

It attracts with its flowers with a bright yellow center, white petals with red spots at the base.

Heaven's Gate

The name coreopsis means “heavenly gate”. The flowers are bright, pink, with a richer center, almost purple.

American Dream

The flowers have a yellow shaggy center that stands out strongly against the background of lilac petals, with a strongly jagged edge.This variety is shade-tolerant, unlike others that love plenty of sunlight.

Auriculate

Dwarf perennials, no more than 30 centimeters high. The stem is highly branched and quite strong. The leaves are located at the base and only up to half of the peduncles are located opposite. The flowers are yellow and orange, 4 centimeters in diameter. Popular for its early flowering, which occurs in late spring.

Nana

A distinctive feature of the variety is the attractive structure of the petals, reminiscent of an accordion, folded into three and then stretched. In places where there are waves, there is a cut at the edge. Yellow color.

Zamfir

They have rounded foliage and orange-colored flowers, with grooved petals and a dissected edge.

Hybrid

These coreopsis are most distinguished by gardeners for their beauty and elegance, as well as their compatibility in any flower beds. Hybrids include varieties:

• Goldfink;
• Ruby Frost;
• Golden Queen;
• Rothelkem.

The height does not exceed 60 centimeters, the flower size is up to 6 centimeters.

Growing from seeds

There are three ways to sow seed: in autumn and spring - in open ground, and in spring - through seedlings.

Sowing seedlings

This method is used for growing especially valuable varieties.

Deadlines

Sowing begins in March. Coreopsis needs time to properly form the aerial part and strengthen the rather fragile roots, so this period is preferable. The plant is tender and fragile, and any incident of nature can harm it.

How to plant

Boxes for sowing seedlings are small and not deep. They are also sown in peat bogs (tablets), cassettes for sowing petunias. The soil is taken loose and airy. It is used to fill containers for sowing.

The seeds are laid out on the surface, in slightly deepened recesses.Sprinkle a 5 mm layer of sand on top. Usually, small-seeded plants when growing seedlings are covered with film or glass to ensure a greenhouse effect.

Ventilation

This technique is important for coreopsis seedlings. Young shoots and seeds in the ground require oxygen to germinate. Under the shelter it is constantly humid and hot - this, of course, is good for swelling and pecking of achenes, but young seedlings can burn from high temperatures. When the seedlings sprout the first leaves, the cover is removed.

Watering

Water as needed. The first time - after sowing and then - when the soil dries out. Spraying is carried out every time after ventilation. Water with warm water.

Picking

Seedlings are planted in separate cups, which can be small in size, when 2-3 true leaves are formed.

Planting in open ground

Before planting outside, coreopsis seedlings undergo hardening. Two weeks before the planned transplant to the flowerbed, the container with seedlings is placed under the shade of trees and bushes.

The time spent in the fresh air increases every day, resulting in seedlings adapted to weather conditions (sun, wind, rain). Only at the end of May, beginning of June, when the low night temperatures have passed, is coreopsis planted in a new place.

What time to plant

Basically, all seedlings are planted in the morning and evening. If planting is carried out in the morning, then young sprouts should be protected from the scorching sun. Evening seedlings feel much better.

Rules for planting seedlings in the garden

In the area allocated for coreopsis, the sun should predominate, but not direct, and there should be no stagnation of moisture. The soil is preferably fertile and loose. Rid the plant of heavy clay compounds.If this is not possible, add humus and sand, preferably coarse.

The landing rules are as follows:

1. The holes should be made small, strictly according to the size of the formed earthen coma, around the root system.
2. Carefully, holding the green part, transfer the contents of the cups into the hole to avoid damaging the roots.
3. You should take into account the size of an adult bush and make the correct distances between neighbors in the flowerbed. 25-30 centimeters will be enough.
4. Sprinkle earth on top and compact lightly, then pour thoroughly.

In one flowerbed, a plant can grow and develop safely for about 4-5 years, after which it is replanted or planted.

Care

The flowering plant does not require care, is drought-resistant and tolerates winter frosts well without shelter. Basic care is still carried out; it consists of the following agrotechnical techniques.

Watering

Water the plant moderately, only when the soil dries out, and in particularly dry weather, generously so that the roots are saturated with water and create a reserve for the leaves.

Weeding and loosening

The weeds are removed at first; then, when the plant gains strength and acquires a spreading crown, the weeds themselves do not grow under the coreopsis. During the weeding process, the beds should be thoroughly loosened to provide air access to the root system. They also loosen after rain and watering to prevent stagnation of moisture, which is not a favorite for the flower.

Breakage of wilted inflorescences

Any plant, especially a flowering one, takes on an unpresentable appearance after flowering. Often withered shoots that had flowers are cut off, which is why coreopsis does not lose its attractiveness. In addition, this procedure allows new shoots to grow.

Garter

Some coreopsis - tall, powerful bushes - can break under the influence of winds.To avoid this, they are tied to a support. To do this, drive a stake and tie a flowering plant to it with soft threads..

Transfer

It is best to replant a coreopsis bush in the fall, like other profusely flowering plants. It is carefully dug up without cutting the roots, and transferred to a new hole, along with a lump of earth. Next, the coreopsis is watered. From autumn until the first frost, the plant has time to take root in a new place, and in the spring it begins to grow and bloom profusely.

Fertilizer

Coreopsis is a lover of fertility, so compost is added to improve development and flowering. This is done in the spring or during flowering. This procedure makes the bush lush and makes it possible to form a large number of new flowering shoots. Compost can be replaced with any complex fertilizer for flowering shrubs and ornamental flowers.

Trimming

Trim faded shoots to replace them with new ones. In the fall, the bush is trimmed completely, leaving a stump 10 centimeters high to facilitate shelter for the winter.

Preparing for winter

When a frosty winter is predicted, the remains of coreopsis are sprinkled with foliage and spruce branches. The plant does not require any other shelter. Coreopsis tolerates sub-zero temperatures, down to -20 degrees, with ease and does not require shelter.

Diseases and pests

Although the varietal characteristics indicate high resistance to pests and diseases, no one gives a complete guarantee. And we have to face such problems.

Fungal diseases

Such ailments include leaf rust and fusarium. To combat, diseased leaves that are covered with reddish spots are torn off and the entire bush is treated with fungicides.If the shoots are twisted, the buds dry out and crumble, there is a virus. In this case, coreopsis is removed completely to prevent the spread of infection to neighbors.

Insects

The most frequent guests on the bushes are aphids, caterpillars and beetles that eat soft, juicy greens. For control, chemical agents are used for aphids and other insects. Large specimens are collected by hand.

Reproduction

Coreopsis reproduces by seeds, dividing the bush and cuttings.

Cuttings

Cuttings begin in June and July. The shoots are cut into 10-15 centimeters. The cut should be a couple of centimeters below the internode. The lower leaves are torn off and planted in the sand. Containers with cuttings are kept in the shade and often watered so that the root system develops.

Dividing the bush

The mother bush is divided in the spring, after the snow has melted and the top layer of soil has thawed. This propagation method is much simpler and more reliable than cuttings. Coreopsis is carefully dug out of the ground without cutting the roots, cleaned and cut with a sharp knife so that each part has at least three buds. Then each part is planted in a new place.

Flower bed design

Coreopsis is used and loved for its long-lasting blooms. It is placed in flowerbeds of perennials of continuous flowering, varying in color shades. For example, red flowers can be placed with yellow sunflowers towering in the background, blue delphiniums or next to a riot of colors of lupines.

The yellow eyes of coreopsis go well with daylilies and tall lilies. Some gardeners plant coreopsis in a bed of coniferous shrubs, using stones and ground cover plants.

Coreopsis fits into any group planting in the garden. Various combinations are used here, it all depends on your imagination.

Use in landscape design

Tall bushes are planted in the background of various flower beds, while low-growing bushes will perfectly decorate the sidewalk, path and will frame the foreground of any flower bed, mixborder and garden plots. Some gardeners successfully grow coreopsis on the balcony, in flower boxes.

Coreopsis is the sun in the garden. Will decorate any corner of the garden. And in a vase it pleases the eye for a week, blooming to the last bud.

Reviews

Olga Sergeevna, 43 years old, Omsk.

“Having an apartment in the city, I spend my free time at the dacha, which is located within the city. I have allergies and am sensitive to floral scents. Because of this, I had to give up flowers: lilies, lilacs, hydrangeas, which have strong odors. Instead, I planted coreopsis, which is not only pleasing to the eye and easy to care for, but also does not cause problems, since the aroma of the plant is not audible.”

Tosya, 56 years old, Barnaul.

“Tosya is the nickname used by neighbors in the dacha. My name is Tamara Nikolaevna Shchukina. I’ll tell you about myself – I’m an experienced florist, and I’ve been familiar with coreopsis for a long time. I especially like it for its ease. Does not require shelter for the winter, even in severe frosts of Siberia. He can decorate any bouquet, and he can always give his granddaughter a flowering twig on September 1, while many flowers fade before school.”