Re: Coreopsis Limerock Ruby experiences?

In a message dated 2/1/03 12:04:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bethperennial@hotmail.com writes:


considering. Does anyone have any experience growing coreopsis Limerock
Ruby? How did it perform - how vigorous, length of blooming season, >>>>>>

I had Limerock Ruby last year buying some plants locally for a few dollars.

They did very well in zone 4, bloomed for six weeks or more.  Bloom time is 
about the same as Moonbeam and the plant is about the same size.  The foliage 
is fine also quite like Moonbeam.

They did not get the best siting by me as it is busy in the spring but in 
some unamended soil in a mostly sunny spot along some shrubs it did very 
well.  For me it is one of those plants that sit there and look OK until you 
get near the blooming season when it explodes in growth and send up the 
flower buds all at once. I think I put three or four plants together. 
Moonbeam spreads into a good sized patch.  Ruby, having one season here, I 
don't know.  One plant would have been a bit spare.

I am hoping it is as hardy as Moonbeam as I plan to move it be a better 
location this spring.  The color is one that disappears as you move into the 
distance.  From thirty feet, you would not notice it though close up it is 
rather nice.  I have wondered myself about a companion, probably something 
white, maybe a Dianthus.  Maybe a dwarf Nicotiana.  Or maybe amongst some 
light colored rocks.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4  ( up there shoveling the roof and chopping off the ice )

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