Native to North America, this low-spreading grower has beautiful cool-pink daisy flowers and lime green, light and airy foliage. Blooms throughout summer and offers a multitude of benefits to gardeners, repels deer and rabbits, draws in native pollinators, spreads naturally in cottage, native, and meadow-type gardens, and even approves of being grown in planters and containers. Grows to 10-15 Zones 4-9.

100 seeds

PLANTING

Coreopsis rosea

Perennial, zones 4-9

Germination:7-10 days

Germination Temperature:Optimum soil temperatures 65-75F

Seed Planting Depth:Sow on the surface and press into soil, seeds need light to germinate

Starting Indoors:Start indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost.Provide 65-75 F soil temperatures. Transplant after the last frost date, 12-18 apart.

Sowing Outdoors:Direct sow outdoors afterthe last frost date

Growth Habit:Mounding, spreading

Height and Width:10-15 x 18-24

Spacing:12-18 apart

Light Needs:Full sun

Soil Needs:Loamy, rocky to average, well-drained

Approximate days to flower from seed:Blooms start in the early summer of the second year but often blooms the first season when start early indoors.

Uses: Cut flowers, flower beds, borders, and cottage gardens, containers and planters, rock gardens, deer and rabbit resistant, attracts beneficials

Care:Low maintenance, minimal care required, drought-tolerant.Cut back stems as the blooms fade, this encourages more flower production.