(Cabbage Tree, Cordyline, Dracaena, Red Star Cordyline)

Red Star cabbage tree is a fast growing woody plant native to New Zealand that can be grown as a palm-like shrub or a small tree. Its narrow, swordlike upper leaves remain erect while the lower leaves in the tip cluster droop. Panicles of fragrant white flowers appear in late spring, followed by small white or blue fruits.

'Red Star' is grown for its rusty bronze-red leaves and is often used for height and texture in annual container plantings. Cordyline grows best in deep, well-drained soil...

(Cabbage Tree, Cordyline, Dracaena, Sundance Cordyline)

A New Zealand native, cabbage tree is a fast growing woody evergreen with long sword-shaped leaves. The cultivar 'Sundance' has green leaves with pink midribs and bases. The upper leaves are erect or arching; the lower leaves droop. Although it can form a small palm-like tree, it is often grown as a shrub or container plant. Large panicles of small fragrant white flowers appear on mature plants in late spring and summer, followed by small white blue-tinged fruits.

Cordyline thrives in deep, well-drained...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

Throughout summer, the dwarf perennial tickseed, 'Baby Sun', bears a beautiful display of golden-yellow daisies with a touch of burgundy at the base of each petal. Its compact size and tidy habit makes it ideal for small garden spaces spaces and container plantings. Though often listed as a cultivar of Coreopsis lanceolata or C. grandiflora, this Ernst Benary introduction has characteristics of both and is more likely a hybrid.

Flowering begins in early summer and will continue...

(Coreopsis)

Mounds of yellow feathery foliage topped with rich red flowers makes Cherry Lemonade tickseed a sight to behold! An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Cherry Lemonade' is a dwarf cultivar with limited winter cold tolerance. Early to bloom and continuously flowering, the red to deep crimson petals surround a dark orange-red disk, attracting butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers.

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(Coreopsis)

The overlapping vivid red petals of Cherry Pie tickseed rival the red of the finest of garden salvias! An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Cherry Pie' is a low mounding cultivar with limited winter cold tolerance. The eye-burning bright red to petals surround a red disk, attracting butterflies and bees, perhaps even confusing a hummingbird to visit. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers.

Grow 'Cherry Pie' in a well-draining...

(Coreopsis)

Masses of yellow daisies grace Citrine tickseed all summer long! An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Citrine' is a low mounding cultivar with bright "flower power". Its bright yellow petals surround a golden orange disk, attracting butterflies and bees. The new flowers emerge among the waning flowers for a continual blossoming display that is long-renewing. Exercise care if deadheading spent flowers so buds aren't sacrificed.

Plant 'Citrine' in a well-draining...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

This hybrid tickseed, the Corey Yellow™ (‘Core Yel’), is an herbaceous perennial with bright yellow and deep red daisy blossoms fit for cutting. Bloom starts in early summer and continues until frost in autumn. The bright yellow petals turn deep red at their bases where they surround a golden yellow central disc. By late spring or early summer, the plant is an upright mass of stems with flowers reaching above the plant. Butterflies and bees frequent them every chance possible. Deadhead the plant...

(Coreopsis)

Large blossoms that rival those of cosmos, Cranberry Ice tickseed's blooms are a deep cranberry red with petal edges and tips dappled in white. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Cranberry Ice' is a low mounding cultivar with bright "flower power". Its deep coral-red petals are tipped in white speckles and surround a dark red disk with golden anthers, attracting butterflies and bees. The flowers continue if spent blossoms are promptly trimmed off.

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(Coreopsis)

The Fruit Punch tickseed's flowers are like a bullseye - white with a eye-catching red center. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Fruit Punch' is a mounding cultivar with limited winter cold tolerance. Multicolored, the white petals have a light pink tip and turn red as they meet to surround a golden red disk, attracting butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers that open high above the foliage.

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(Coreopsis, Full Moon Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

This hybrid tickseed is notable for its uncommonly large canary-yellow flowers, long bloom, and vigor. A complex hybrid from breeder Darrell Probst, 'Full Moon' is the first of his Big Bang Series. The flowers appear in late spring atop upright stems. The flower petals are broad and overlapping, with scalloped tips, and they radiate from an olive-gold or brown center disc. As the flowers wither, cut them away to prompt new flushes of bloom into late autumn.

Like most Coreopsis, this cultivar...