(Large-flowered Coreopsis)

The large, single golden daisies of Flying Saucers add cheerful bright color to sunny summer gardens. This compact large-flowered coreopsis has an unusual spreading habit and blooms heavily for a long time. It is a patented cultivar that was bred in a planned breeding program by David Ralph Tristram in Walburton, Arundel Sussex, United Kingdom.

Large-flowered coreopsis is native to central and eastern North America. It puts forth substantial clumps of medium green foliage in spring. In late...

(Star Coreopsis)

Star tickseed is a tall, upright perennial wildflower that inhabits forest edges, open woodlands and stream edges across the southeastern United States. It has yellow daisies with jagged petal edges. These will attract butterflies non-stop from midsummer to fall. Its medium green stems and leaves are hairy, or pubescent, thus the name "pubescens".

Star tickseed performs best in full to partial sun and well-drained soil. It is tolerant of heat, humidity and also limited drought. It can withstand...

(Star Coreopsis, Star Tickseed, Sunshine Superman Tickseed)

Star tickseed dwarf selection 'Sunshine Superman' is a very short, upright perennial wildflower native to the dry woods of the southeastern United States. It has yellow daisy-like flowers with jagged petal edges that will attract butterflies non-stop from midsummer to fall. Hairy stems and leaves are a medium green color.

'Sunshine Superman' performs best in well-drained, dry to moist soils in full sun, but is tolerant of heat, humidity and also drought. It does not seem to winter well in USDA...

(Tall Tickseed)

Rising high above other summer-flowering perennials, the sturdy-stemmed tall tickseed dazzles with pale yellow daisies. A perennial wildflower from the interior eastern United States, it has branched stems and mid-green leaves that are made up of three linear or lance-shaped leaflets. From summer to autumn, flowers appear, attracting butterflies and bees with eight light yellow petals around a yellow center disc that quickly becomes purplish brown.

Grow tall tickseed in full sun in a well-drained,...

(Lightning Flash Tickseed, Tall Tickseed)

Boasting bright chartreuse-yellow leaves, Lightning Flash tickseed also produces light yellow daisies in midsummer. A perennial wildflower from the interior eastern United States, it has branched stems and leaves made of three lance-shaped leaflets. The foliage emerges a bright yellow or chartreuse, and may become slightly more green-yellow in partial shade or in lower areas on the stem. By late summer, flowers are attracting butterflies and bees with eight light yellow petals around a yellow center...

(Golden Gain Threadleaf Tickseed, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Threadleaf Tickseed)

This threadleaf coreopsis, ‘Golden Gain,’ makes a speading, fine textured clump of stems canopied by large golden flowers that repeat in waves from early summer into fall. The plant is rhizomatous (spreading by underground stems) and one plant becomes a clump in a year or two. It is descended from a species native to the southeastern U.S. North America and has wiry upright stems and very fine, threadlike, medium green leaves divided into three leaflets. Throughout summer, it puts forth many daisies...

(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies of much larger trees, such as coast redwood and Douglas fir.

The tiered, horizontal branches of mountain dogwood bear large, rounded blooms in spring, each comprising four to seven large, oval bracts surrounding a cluster of small,...

(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

The enormous ivory flowers of 'Colrigo Giant' are absolutely spectacular and the fall color no less alluring when the leaves turn resplendent shades of red and yellow. Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies of much larger trees, such as coast redwood and Douglas fir.

The...

(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

It's hard to say which is prettier, the six-petaled ivory flowers of this western spring bloomer or its green and gold variegated leaves. Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies of much larger trees, such as coast redwood and Douglas fir.

The tiered, horizontal branches of...

(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

Three things make 'Monarch' stand out against other mountain dogwoods: it has a wonderful broad conical habit, extra large ivory spring blooms and outstanding purplish red and yellow fall color. The new stems also have a purplish hue.

Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies...