Moonbeam Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ · a pale yellow threadleaf coreopsis
An award-winning coreopsis with soft lemon-yellow daisies all summer over airy clumps of fine, needle-like leaves. It's one of the easiest perennials, long-lived and drought tolerant once settled, and deer leave it alone. Go easy on fertilizer, which makes it floppy, and divide it every few years in a border.
- Mature size
- 1.5 × 1.5 ft
- 0.5 × 0.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
- Blooms
- Jun–Sep
Moonbeam Coreopsis at its mature size
A mature Moonbeam Coreopsis grows 15 to 24 inches tall and 16 to 24 inches wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Walters Gardens, Proven Winners.
Through the year
What Moonbeam Coreopsis looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Below ground · Dec–Mar
Dies back to the ground; draw nothing but keep it selectable.
In leaf · Apr–May, Oct
Airy mound of threadlike green leaves, few flowers.
In flower · Jun–Sep
Airy mound of threadlike leaves covered in pale lemon daisies.
Dormant · Nov
Dry brown wiry mound.
Photos
Growing Moonbeam Coreopsis
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Good for
- Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and pollinators
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Eastern United States
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Moonbeam Coreopsis, that’s about 1.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Moonbeam Coreopsis in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other coreopsis
Moonbeam Coreopsis
Threadleaf CoreopsisAll drawn to the same scale.