Re: red Coreopsis
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: red Coreopsis
- From: J* M* F*
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:09:50 -0400 (EDT)
Susan Saxton wrote:
>Does anyone know the botanical name of the red coreopsis?
>
>I have grown a redish one from seed, coreopsis tinctoria. It is not a
> perennial, but reseeds politely.
Last year I picked up one of the deep, dark red ones and was told that
it was a form of C. rosea (which may or may not be a form of
C. verticillata - depending on which book I'm looking at at the moment);
mine certainly had the appearance of the Threadleaf Coreopsis except
for the blossom color.
John
jford@runet.edu
in the sweltering mountains of SW Virgina zone 6b
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