Threadleaf Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' (Coreopsis verticillata)

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Botanical name: Coreopsis verticillata • Bloom season: Summer to fall • Bloom color: Soft butter yellow • Pollinator value: Months of feeding for small native bees and butterflies

Small, pastel yellow, daisy-like flowers float on delicate, feathery stems. The foliage is soft and darker green. The soft color is easy to place, goes with almost anything, and looks like a haze rather than a solid mass. It blooms for a long stretch, feeding small native bees and butterflies from midsummer well into fall.

📸 CC BY-SA 4.0 Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’  Photo by David J. Stang

Botanical name: Coreopsis verticillata • Bloom season: Summer to fall • Bloom color: Soft butter yellow • Pollinator value: Months of feeding for small native bees and butterflies

Small, pastel yellow, daisy-like flowers float on delicate, feathery stems. The foliage is soft and darker green. The soft color is easy to place, goes with almost anything, and looks like a haze rather than a solid mass. It blooms for a long stretch, feeding small native bees and butterflies from midsummer well into fall.

📸 CC BY-SA 4.0 Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’  Photo by David J. Stang

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Plant Characteristics

Botanical Name: Coreopsis verticillata

Cultivar: 'Moonbeam'

Common Name: Threadleaf Coreopsis

Native: Cultivar

Native Region: Eastern N.A. (outside western regions)

Sun: Full Sun

Water: Low

Bloom Time: Summer to fall

Bloom Color: Soft butter yellow

Pollinators: Bees; Butterflies

Deer Resistant: Yes

Mature Size: W 18"-24" x H 15"-18"

Soil: Well-drained; tolerates lean soil

Pollinator Value: Months of feeding for small native bees and butterflies

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial

USDA Zones: 3 to 9

Spread Habit: Spreads slowly by rhizome

Available As: Live plant

Growing Notes

Full sun and well-drained ground; it tolerates lean soil and does not need feeding. Space about 18 inches apart. It is slower to emerge in spring than most perennials, so give it time. Good drought tolerance once established, though it flowers longer with occasional deep watering in the hottest weeks.

  • Water: Low to Medium

  • Sun: Full Sun

  • Soil: Well-drained; tolerates lean soil

  • Mature size: W 18"-24" x H 15"-18"

Maintenance

Shear the whole plant back by a third after the first flush fades, and it will rebloom in the fall. Leave the growth standing through winter, then cut it back in late spring, leaving about a third for insects. It spreads slowly by rhizome into a wider clump; divide every three or four years in spring if you want to keep it in bounds or make more.