2nd Year Maturity. Early Sunrise coreopsis seeds are an adorable, compact, and award-winning addition to highlight in any home, garden, or patio. Early Sunrise seeds boast hardy 18 – 24” shrubby uprights dazzling with 2" golden yellow semi-double blooms. Early Sunrise coreopsis is durable, easy to grow from seed, and essential for any garden prone to heat, drought, or poor soil. Early Sunrise debuted as an All-American Selections Flower Winner and Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner for growing "attractive, compact, uniform plants" and "charming semi-double flowers." 1000 seeds.
Growing Early Sunrise Coreopsis Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Coreopsis grandiflora
- Other Names: Large-Flowered Tickseed
- Seed Type: Perennial
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Early Sunrise coreopsis seeds have a weedy/wildflower hardiness to them and are most popularly sown outdoors directly after the frost. For earliest spring blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and harden off to a sunny place in the garden. Early Sunrise coreopsis can be kept indoors with plenty of sunlight. Germination will take 14 – 28 days in full lighting.
- Days to Maturity: 2nd Year Maturity
- Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9
- Planting Depth: Lightly press 3 – 4 seeds into soil
- Plant Spacing: 18”
- Growth Habit: 18 – 24” tall shrubby upright with an 18 – 24” spread of semi-double 2” blooms
- Soil Preference: Average, medium moisture, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Early Sunrise coreopsis is a hardy full sun performer known to be tolerant to heat, drought, and poor and sandy soils. Do not overwater because coreopsis will be susceptible to powdery mildew, leaf spots, and rust in overly saturated and poorly drained gardens. Deadhead plants often to promote growth and minimize self-seeding, which may become weedy. Coreopsis has no serious insects, pests, or diseases.
- Color: Bright golden yellow blooms with deep, glossy greens
Early Sunrise coreopsis seeds have a weedy/wildflower hardiness to them and are most popularly sown outdoors directly after the frost. For earliest spring blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and harden off to a sunny place in the garden. Early Sunrise coreopsis can be kept indoors with plenty of sunlight. Germination will take 14 – 28 days in full lighting. Lightly press 3 – 4 Early Sunrise coreopsis seeds 18" apart into average, medium moist, and well-drained soil in full sun. Early Sunrise coreopsis is a hardy full sun performer known to be tolerant to heat, drought, and poor and sandy soils. Do not overwater because coreopsis will be susceptible to powdery mildew, leaf spots, and rust in overly saturated and poorly drained gardens. Deadhead plants often to promote growth and minimize self-seeding, which may become weedy. Coreopsis has no serious insects, pests, or diseases. Early Sunrise coreopsis seeds are perennials that mature in their 2nd year as 18 – 24” tall shrubby uprights with an 18 – 24” spread of 2" semi-double blooms.
Early Sunrise coreopsis debuted as a 1989 All-American Selections Flower Winner and Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner for growing "attractive, compact, uniform plants" and "charming semi-double flowers." Coreopsis grandiflora, or more commonly known as just Large-Flowered Tickseed, is native to prairies, woodlands, thickets, and clearings from Florida to New Mexico and all across the midwest.