Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring, Summer

 

Location Uses

Entry, Perennial Border, Shrub Border, Foundation, Patio, Raised Planter, Walkways

 

Special Uses

Container, Cut Flowers, Mass Planting, Fire Resistant, Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

'Sunray' is a coreopsis cultivar with golden yellow, double flowers from late spring to late summer. The flowers stand above foliage on erect stems that are up to 24 inches tall. The foliage forms a compact, dense mound about 18 to 20 inches tall and wide. Use in perennial borders, along walkways, in parkstrips. A wonderful yellow for mixing with nepeta, salvia, and veronica.

Grow in well-drained, slightly loamy soil in full to part sun. Plants tolerate some dry conditions, but are not as drought tolerant as most other species of Coreopsis. Prompt deadheading of spent flower stalks can be tedious for a large planting, but does tend to encourage additional bloom. In optimum growing conditions, plants will spread in the garden over time by stolons to form an attractive ground cover, but spread is easy to check.