Plains Coreopsis dances in the breeze with its bright yellow petals that are dipped in deep red. Standing one to three feet tall, it is a cheerful and easygoing annual wildflower that brings bursts of color all summer and fall.

Thriving in full sun and well draining soil, it tolerates drought and poor soils with ease.

This airy, upright annual (or sometimes short-lived perennial) blooms and spreads by seed readily creating a natural meadow-like effect. It pairs beautifully with grasses and other wildflowers, adding movement and warmth to any planting. We typically seed over new plantings with Plains Coreopsis to offer first season color while other plants establish.

Native to prairies, fields, and roadsides across much of North America. It thrives in open, sunny spaces often in disturbed soils.

Spring brings feathery, fern like texture to the early spring garden with an explosion of golden red blooms from summer and fall. As the season ends, its dried seedheads stand and offers food for birds and begins the natural cycle of reseeding. We’ve found that it has evergreen basal foliage that lasts all winter long.

A favorite of bees, butterflies, pollinators, and birds it provides both abundant nectar and seed.