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Threadleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
Threadleaf Coreopsis is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 3-9, that matures to about 2.5-3 ft × 1.5-2 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect yellow blooms in summer and fall. It attracts bees, butterflies and pollinators, stands up well to deer, drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 3-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 2.5-3 ft × 1.5-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Heat, Humidity, Poor soil, Rabbits, Salt
- Native to
- Eastern United States
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