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Lance-leaf coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata
Cheer up your garden with the easy-to-grow lance-leaf coreopsis. The wonderful warm yellow, almost orange flowers make your garden glow from early June to August. Prompt deadheading will extend blooming into September.
Coreopsis grows quickly in the spring and fills out the space fast.
The plant will be drought- and somewhat deer-resistant once established.
Ecology:
The open flower shape makes coreopsis an inviting and busy place for many different kinds of pollinators. Bees, syrphid flies, wasps, butterflies, and beetles enjoy the nectar. Coreopsis pollen supports several pollen-specialist bees, and some moth species feed on its leaves.
Growing conditions:
In the wild, lance-leaf coreopsis grows in meadows and prairies along roads and shoreline slopes. It thrives in sunny, dry to medium locations with any type of soil, even rocky, poor soil. It is a very hardy, easy-to-grow plant ideal for front yards, boulevards, and schools that can thrive in dry hot sites once established.
Lance-leaf Coreopsis
30 - 60 cm great pollinator boulevard full sun host plant schools sand, loam pollen specialist salt tolerant dry to medium moisture bird seed very hardy .
Garden symphony:
My favourite combination is with the equally early-blooming white foxglove beardtongue and blue wild lupine. Rough or cylindrical blazing star, showy tick trefoil, (pale) purple coneflower, and hoary vervain will add a purple splash. Little bluestem, pearly everlasting, and mountain mints give it an elegant look.