A striking rhizomatous perennial which typically grows in dense, bushy clumps, producing masses of single yellow, daisy-like flowers throughout the summer. Known commonly as whorled coreopsis, this plant holds the coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit and makes an excellent border filler with its well-branched habit and airy clumps of feathery leaves. Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' is useful not only in herbaceous borders, but grows well in patio containers, where it attracts swarms of bees and butterflies to its nectar-rich blooms. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunray' is a little ray of sunshine to brighten up your garden in spring and summer with its glorious blooms. These semi-double flowers are bright yellow and attract bees with their rich nectar, making them well-suited to wildlife gardens. Alternatively, Tickseed is a great addition to perennial borders, annual beds, patio containers and even cut flower displays. With its neat, compact habit and ability to flourish even in partially shady areas, there's nothing this hardy perennial can't do! Height: 45cm (1'6). Spread: 45cm (1'6).
Slightly paler in colour than the more common Tickseed varieties, Coreopsis ?Moonbeam' is a large hardy perennial plant with lemon yellow flowers. The attractive daisy type flowers sit above ferny foliage making it a perfect choice for borders, bedding displays and because butterflies will flock to feed on the nectar Tickseed will be invaluable in wildlife gardens too. Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' will make excellent ground cover and is tolerant of most soil types. Height: 50cm (19). Spread: 45cm (18).
Coreopsis 'Cosmic Eye' flowers throughout the summer and well into autumn, producing stunning blooms with rich burgundy petals with golden edges that attract both bees and butterflies. Versatile Tickseed plants are very useful in the garden, growing almost anywhere, even in dry soil. Coreopsis 'Cosmic Eye' is a compact and bushy variety, and makes an excellent cut flower. Height: 40cm (15). Spread: 30cm (12).
So appropriately named, 'Early Sunrise' produces wonderful double sunshine yellow flowers on tall, slender stems above compact mounds of dense thread-like feathery foliage, which gives them the alternative name of 'threadleaf', while their more common name, 'tickseed,' refers to the seeds which resemble ticks and are a great favourite of garden finches. Coreopsis is a naturally rugged prairie plant and ideally suited to today's low maintenance gardens. Easy to grow, drought tolerant, and long blooming, Coreopsis certainly earn its keep in a sunny flower border, rewarding you with an abundance of stunning flowers throughout summer and well into autumn. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come, and it's also recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', with flowers that are a favourite with butterflies and bees. Compact and robust, it's definitely a plant for the front of the border or a patio container - versatile and easy. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting, growing to a height and spread of 50cm (20in).
With its neat, bushy habit and masses of bright, daisy blooms, this cheery little perennial is a must have! Coreopsis ?Enchanted Eve? begins flowering in June and keeps going right through to September.
Fill your beds and borders with this airy annual, which becomes smothered in unusual, fluted blooms in various combinations of red and yellow all summer long. Makes a stunning display when planted en massePrefers a well-drained soil in full sun
Stunning mahogany-red blooms, each with a second row of eye-catching golden petals, create a very special effect. Fabulous planted in drifts, mingled with other plants and flowers, giving height to annual borders, 'Coreopsis Roulette will flower all summer until first frosts. Excellent cut flower
With unique never before seen colours in annual coreopsis, 'Incredible!' lives up to its name! Saving ££'s on expensive varieties supplied as plants, this easy-to-grow mixture produces flowers in a remarkable range of colours with contrasting dark centres. Tall and airy plants are ideal planted in mixed borders where the graceful stems and delicate blooms sway in the slightest breeze. Cutting garden favourite
Many years of breeding work has resulted in this incredibly free-flowering dwarf mixture with intense colour blooms. Ideal planted in drifts or used as an edging plant where it adds long-lasting summer colour to the front of a sunny border.