code: 971
clump-forming plant has leaves which are simple and lance-shaped
Family: Compositae
Common name: Maiden’s Eye
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Maximum Height: 90 cm
A popular cottage garden plant bearing red-eyed, brightest yellow, single flower heads, up to 2.5 inches across, consisting of ray florets with uneven cut margins, and orange disk florets. This showy, upright, clump-forming plant has leaves which are simple and lance-shaped and up to four inches long. As well as being attractive to bees, it makes an excellent cut flower.
Sowing advice:
For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. However, we sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination as many seeds have built-in dormancy mechanisms, and often wait for spring before emerging regardless of when they are sown. But spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth if successful germination occurs.
Genus: Coreopsis
Variety or Cultivar:
‘Badengold’ _ ‘Badengold’ is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with palmate or lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, from late spring to late summer, deep yellow flowers with orange centres.
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Clump-forming
COLOUR:
Flower
Dark-yellow in Spring; Dark-yellow in Summer
Foliage
Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Dark-green in Autumn
HOW TO CARE:
Watch out for
Specific pests
Snails , Slugs
General care:
Pruning
Deadhead to prolong flowering. Cut back to the base in late autumn.
Propagation
Sow seed at 13-16C in mid- to late winter or in situ from early spring to early summer.
Propagation methods:
Division, Basal cuttings
