Coreopsis is that bright yellow-orange flowering perennial that starts its blooming extravaganza late May and blooms through the summer.

The bright flowers last for a couple days where deadheading does much to prolong the blooming season as well as make the plant look vibrant and at its peak. This plant will grow in a variety of well drained soils. It likes sun, but will endure some shade. This hardy perennial can be divided as well as propagated by seed.

If someone says to you that Coreopsis is common, don't take that to be something negative. Coreopsis is common because its preferences make it a companion plant for our local, a plant that, once established, can take care of itself. Coreopsis will delight you and your neighbors with happy flowers all summer into the fall.