Coreopsis grandiflora 'PRESTO'

Coreopsis – tickseed is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with richly coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a city-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot. Presto is a Dutch Fleuroselect Gold Medal winning variety awarded in 2007. It flowers in its first year, about 100 days from sowing.

Presto tickseed produces profusion of golden yellow, single to semi-double flowers on very short stems reaching only 15-20 cm. They appear from mid June until late autumn, while the weather is sunny and relatively warm. Deadheading (of flowers AND stems) will enhance the flowering but is not a must, it will still flower abundantly every year and all summer long - for incredible 5 months. Presto tickseed forms a bushy, almost perfectly rounded clump with light to mid green, narrowly lanceolate leaves. They can be prone to powdery mildew. Presto is not invasive.

Coreopsis will grow in almost any soil apart from boggy and heavy clay, and as it withstands some level of drought it is popular for rockeries. Making it a glowing feature in your perennial bed is the reasonable and expected way of using it. But placing it among shrubs with different foliage and flowers will mean an honour for this easy to grow and affordable beauty. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 09-11-2017