Coreopsis Golden Stardust

Coreopsis 'Golden Stardust' is a highly floriferous perennial plant with large, brightly coloured flowers, perfect for adding life to terraces and balconies throughout the summer. It is also a hardy variety that brings a lot of colour to sunny borders and rockeries. It is easy to maintain and thrives in sunny locations with light, rich, and well-drained soil.

Coreopsis 'Golden Stardust' is a horticultural variety selected by Blair Winner from Santa Paula, California, in the United States. It is a herbaceous perennial plant from the Asteraceae family, like daisies and dandelions. It has remarkable cold resistance, with its crown able to withstand temperatures as low as -20°C. Although it is a perennial, it is not uncommon to cultivate it as an annual due to its rapid growth and ability to flower abundantly from a young age. Its continuous flowering quickly exhausts the plant, which has a lifespan of only 2 or 3 years. This 'Golden Stardust' cultivar forms a small, dense and well-branched clump of about 40 cm in all directions within a few months. Its flowering begins in June and continues until September-October if you regularly prune the faded flowers. Its flowers are 5 to 6 cm heads carried on slightly hairy stems. They have golden yellow ligulate florets with a reddish mahogany base, arranged in a collar around a small yellow centre. This exuberant flowering attracts pollinating insects. The vibrant green foliage, consists of opposite, lanceolate, entire leaves, occasionally incised at the base, and almost sessile (without a petiole). The above-ground vegetation of this coreopsis is deciduous: it emerges from the ground in spring and dries up in autumn.

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Golden Stardust' is a good plant for borders, slopes, and rockeries that are not too dry in summer. It is also a classic choice for flower-filled terraces. And its flowers make cheerful cut flowers. It pairs perfectly with wallflowers in warm tones and dwarf asters, love-in-a-mist and perennial flax. This small plant blends harmoniously into slightly wild environments, adding a touch of colour to these natural spaces, especially when combined with grasses, yarrow, or coneflowers. Whether in a pot, container, or in the ground, it flowers abundantly from the first year, offering a magnificent spectacle throughout the summer with minimal watering.