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In the last couple of years, a number of perennial coreopsis with fluted petals have arrived at nurseries. The fluted petals are formed when individual rays of the daisy-like flowers roll inwards at the edges and join to form a tube. This feature is also seen in a number of other members of the daisy... Read more..

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post about ‘Jethro Tull’, the tough new perennial coreopsis with fluted petals, come news of an astonishing array of new coreopsis which are on the way from across the Atlantic. Click on the picture to see a much enlarged exclusive image of twenty five new coreopsis varieties... Read more..

There's been a flurry of new coreopsis in the last couple of years. Some have been good, others not so good. Some have been hardy, others not so hardy. Some, I'm afraid, came and went in a flash. But the turn of the year has seen two fine new introductions for containers. The man with the muscle... Read more..

There's been a flood of new Coreopsis arriving in gardens and nurseries in recent years, in fact I have a whole article just about these new coreopsis in the August issue of the RHS members' magazine, The Garden . I was expecting to see quite a few of them at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show... Read more..