Coreopsis is a flower of the Astrov family, a perennial or annual plant. Originally from Coreopsis from North and South America, where it grows everywhere even along the roads. Flower gardeners love for long flowering and ease of cultivation and care.
Annual Coriopsis Species
Coreopsis annuals bloom longer than their long-term relatives, often even more magnificent. These plants love good lighting, easily tolerate cold, they are not whimsical to the conditions of the soil, but they develop better and bloom profusely on light, drained and nutritious lands. During the drought, the plant ceases to bloom, but does not die. It blooms from early June until the first frost. If the bushes are cut after flowering at 10-15 cm from the surface of the soil, re-flowering is possible. Consider the main types of annual coreopsis and their varieties.
Coreopsis Drummond
Coreopsis Drummond - a shrub that grows up to 60 cm, with a branchy thin stalk, pale green feathery leaves. Inflorescences are represented by one basket 5 cm in diameter. The color of the flower is interesting: the orange shaggy center is framed by bright yellow petals with reddish-brown spots at the base. Petals are gear, reed form. Coreopsis blooms in July, blooms through the month of October. Rarely, but there are varieties with red shades of petals. The most popular varieties of Drummond:
- "Golden Crown" - a large flower with numerous petals, closer to the middle of the flower, the edges of the petals are bent inward, the golden flower seems to be a terry ball because of this.
- "Erly Sunrise" - semi-double coresopsis with yellow flowers, amber petals have irregular edges with cloves of unequal size.
- "Mistigri" - this variety is more like a daisy, darker yellow centers are surrounded by lighter petals in the shape of an elongated oval with a pointed tip.
Coreopsis dyeing
The most popular form of coriopsis is coreopsis dyeing. Flower seeds, soaked in water, give it a yellow color, hence the name of the species. It is a bush up to a meter tall with a strong, straight stem, thin and branched. The bulk of the leaves is collected at the base of the stem, the feathery form is twice divided, the leaves are single on the stem above.
Inflorescences - single baskets 3 - 5 cm in diameter. Flowers with reed petals can be painted in all shades of yellow and red. Flowers with tubular petals often darker shades. Coreopsis dyeing blooms magnificently. Flowering begins in June and ends at the first frost. After flowering forms a sickle-shaped fruit containing small dark glossy seeds. The following varieties are known and popular:
- "Golden Severin" - a low bush up to 20 cm, with large flowers, up to 4 cm in diameter, orange-colored petals.
- Crimson King - up to 30 cm tall, painted with a spectacular saturated carmine color with a softly intertwining dark brown shade.
- Red Tiger - 15 - 20 cm tall, bright yellow petals are marked with reddish spots, located around the middle of the brown.
- "Gold Tepich" - baskets up to 5 cm in diameter are framed with amber-yellow radiant petals; because of such a piercingly sunny bright color of some varieties of coriopsis, they are called "sunbeam".
Important! If you grow coreopsis in a garden, watering is done outdoors in the event that there is not enough natural rainfall; Do not flood the plant just like that. In the case of pot cultivation, watering is carried out when the soil in the pot or container is completely dry.
Coreopsis feruistny
Coreulesis ferulolechny - not too common in gardening, but attracting attention. Shrub up to a meter tall, branched from the base, with strong, thin stems covered with patterned leaves with dissected leaves. From June on dark green background of foliage yellow baskets up to 4 cm in diameter flourish.
- "Goldie" - variety with golden-yellow flowers, red spots around the middle of the burgundy color, in outline resembling a petal, but less than half. Difference from other leaf shaped coreopsis: the leaf plate is short and wide.
- "Golden Goddes", its large flowers up to 5 cm in diameter have five large reed-shaped petals with rounded edges, the color is lemon yellow.
- "Samsara" - dwarf variety, looks great in hanging containers, beautiful amber-colored baskets, the darker middle is surrounded by five oval petals.
Did you know? Coreopsis was introduced to Europe at the end of the 18th century, widely known in culture since 1826. The people called Coreopsis in their own way: girl's eyes, yellow daisy, flax, Parisian beauty. It is interesting that in nature there are more than one hundred species, and about thirty are used in culture.
Perennial Coreopsis
Perennial coreopsis is a species of grassy and shrubby, subshrub plants. The root system is fibrous. It is united by a straight strong stalk, often well branched, the height of plants varies from 20 cm to 1 m depending on the variety. The stem is leafy, there are also radical leafy sockets and higher along the stalk. The shape of the leaves at the base of the stem is larger, the stem - smaller, feathery or palmate. Single baskets of Coropsis perennial flowers are terry or simple, rather large - up to 8 cm in diameter. Coloring from pale lemon to purple and dark burgundy shades, reed and tubular petals, closer to the center. The flowering period is at the end of June, lasts until the end of October.
Did you know? A well-known breeder Darrel Probst paid much attention to coreopsis. The scientist brought out such hybrids of sunny flowers as "Red Shift", "Full Moon", "Daybrik". In addition, Probst has created many varieties of garden plants: Goryanka, irises, rostrum, colorless grass, and others.
Coreopsis grandiflora
Coreopsis krupnotsvetkovy - tall to a meter bush, strong erect stems, well branched. The leaves grow oppositely, pinnately dissected form. Inflorescences in the form of baskets are more often yellow in color, pale along the edge are reed petals, and darker inside are tubular petals. New shoots are growing almost continuously, large-flowered Coreopsis blooms in July. It is advisable to update the bushes every three years.
- Coreopsis grandiflora "Domino" - variety, characterized by long flowering, height up to 45 cm, flower diameter up to 5 cm. Bright yellow petals have pronounced jagged edges, sharp as if torn, middle, terry, yellow, around it at the base of the petal are dark red spots with the same edges like petals.
- "Baden Gold" - the variety blooms in June, large, up to 7 cm in diameter, yellow flowers with the same center, tall flower - up to a meter. On a thin stalk, the rosettes at the base and opposite to the stem are narrow leaves of juicy light green color with a pronounced longitudinal vein.
- "Mayfield" - high grade (up to 80 cm) with large chamomile flowers, long and narrow reed petals of bright yellow color, as if the center of the flower has sharp red teeth on the petals.
Coreopsis lanceolate
Coreopsis lanceolate - a shrub growing up to 60 cm, so named for the shape of the leaves, linear-lanceolate leaves are collected in bunches at the base of the stem, there are practically no leaves higher up the stem. Foliage color from pale green to dark tones. Lanceolate coreopsis is mostly of a drooping inflorescence type. It blooms in July, mainly shades of yellow, semi-double flowers, up to 5 cm in diameter.
- Coreopsis Baby Gold. Neat shrub up to 60 cm tall, foliage is light green, carved, flowers are golden yellow, semi-double. Blossoms from July to the end of September.
- Golden Queen - bush 60 cm tall, lemon-yellow petals with torn jagged edges, the middle is darker; leaves are long, narrow, color is light green.
- "Goldfink" - dwarf variety up to 30 cm, flowers are large, juicy yellow color, with a darker middle, framed by a regular round shape with maroon specks.
Coreopsis whorled
Coreopsis whorled - this variety can grow in one place up to six years. This is a bush with many branches, with light green foliage. Narrow and long, collected in bunches, the foliage remains green until frost. Coreopsis whorled blooms continuously from early June to September. This coreopsis has many varieties of bright pink, purple, cherry and red colors. In addition, the inflorescences, unlike the previous species, are similar to stars, with narrow reed and small tubular petals. The following varieties are popular in floriculture:
- Zagreb - The plant is 40 cm tall, the petals are narrow and sharp at the end, the center is darker, the foliage is long, acicular, bluish-green.
- "Child of the Sun" - bush up to 30 cm, petals wide, with torn edges, bright yellow color, dark red spots of irregular shape are located near the center.
- Coreopsis whorled "Ruby Red" - attracts with bright crimson color of wide sharply toothed petals, the center of the flower is orange-red, the leaves are narrow, separated by a longitudinal vein. This spectacular variety can grow in partial shade and unpretentious to the ground, resistant to low temperatures. The variety is often used in the design of mixborders, rabatok and other design compositions.
- "Ruby Limerok" - Coreopsis is ruby, the color of the petals on the edge is slightly paler, the center of the flower is colored orange-brown, the height of the plant is up to 60 cm, it blooms from early summer until late autumn.
Coreopsis pink
Coreopsis pink - a low plant, no more than 40 cm. It is a compact bush with branched stems and unusual foliage. The leaf plates resemble the leaves of cereals or weed leeks. The color of flowers varies from pale white and pink to dark purple and burgundy shades. The flowers are small, up to 2 cm in diameter. The most beautiful varieties:
- "Heaven's Gate" - On one bush, flowers can be white and pink, combining both of them, framing around a yellow mid-point of crimson color.
- American Dream - bushes up to 40 cm tall, with pale lilac baskets, petals narrow, edges with poorly pronounced teeth, the center of the flower is dark yellow.
- "Sweet Dream" - flowers with a large yellow center, petals with jagged edges, the main color is white, closer to the edge a pronounced cherry-colored spot.
- "Twinkle Bells Purple" - honey-yellow center is surrounded by oblong petals loosely adjacent to each other, rounded at the edges, bright crimson petals are glossy.
Important! When growing coreopsis for planting, you need to choose a well-lit place: in the shade the plant strongly goes into growth to the detriment of flowering. The exception is whorled and pink coreopsis, they feel great in the penumbra.
Coreopsis is uviform
The variety can be called dwarf, its growth does not exceed 30 cm, very rarely falls to 60 cm. It is a dense compact bush with thin branched and strong stems. The leaves are formed in the rosette, growing higher along the stem oppositely, rising only to half its height. The inflorescences-baskets are like daisies, the color of the petals is mostly yellow or orange. Flowers bloom in late spring, the diameter of the flower - 4 cm.
- Variety "Zamfir" - orange flowers on the background of dark green foliage attract the attention of an unusual form of petals: wide petals look like either a fan with edges that are somehow broken off, or the crown of a fairy-tale character.
- Sort "Nana" - bright yellow flowers also have an unusual petal shape: the petal is divided into three parts. The central part is wider with a forked edge, two smaller parts are located on both sides and are separated with a clear stripe with the central part, the edge of both side parts is sharp.
