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Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' produces clouds of sunshine yellow stars all summer.
Tough as nails & ever popular
'Moonbeam' is always a favourite with low maintenance gardeners.
Firstly, because it is as "tough as nails", secondly for long blooming, and also considered the ultimate easy plant.
Fine & decorative foliage
Fine needle-like leaves make a low, ground-hugging foliage carpet.
So, it is very decorative, gently spreading groundcover, not invasive but increasing each year to make an ever denser, broader mat.
It also gives a feathery texture to the garden because the flowers float on airy stems well above fine foliage,
Prize winner for all round hardiness
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' won the prestigious "Plant of the Year" award back in 1992 as a standout winner. Because the award from the Perennial Plant Association recognizes plants that combine outstanding beauty with robust toughness.
GROWING: Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
Height with flowers: Blooms float on clean stems approx. 45cm above the flat foliage.
Width: While the foliage makes a groundcover mat to 45cm. diameter approx.
Position: Full Sun, though Coreopsis verticillate ‘Moonbeam’ can tolerate some light shade in a hot/dry climate.
Soil: Well Drained soil is essential, but otherwise it is not fussy.
So Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ can be found thriving in infertile, sandy and rocky soils.
It is bone hardy and so can withstand periods of drought, heat, plus humidity.
And it can also tolerate some salt spray or degree of salt content in the soil or water, making it ideal in coastal gardens.
Frost: Extremely frost hardy, even in hard frosts to well below -15C.
Growth: Perennial clump that increases in size each year as a groundcover but is not invasive.
Will remain as an evergreen carpet in mild places but deciduous in areas with heavy frost.
Care: Easy growing and low-maintenance low maintenance plant.
Flowers repeat bloom throughout most of the summer.
Deadhead spent flowers to encourage fresh blooms and keep the plant looking tidy.
Pollinators: Butterflies and Bees find the daisy flowers an abundant source of pollen and nectar.
Deer & Rabbit resistant: Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ is resistant to browsing rabbits and deer. Though not completely immune if they are starving.
Origin: A North American species in the sunflower family, Coreopsis verticillata grows naturally in a wide latitude of climates and areas. Thus indicating what a tough and adaptable plant it is.
It thrives from the freezing winters in Maryland, to the dripping humidity of summers in Georgia. And even endures under metres of snow in northern Quebec, or in the blistering summer heat in western USA.
It is found growing wild in open rocky dry woodlands, light pine woods, and at the grassy edges of oak woodlands.
‘Moonbeam’ is a modern garden cultivar.
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