Patience, my dear! The ground is still quite chilly. I can only now just see a little green sprouting activity in my coreopsis. Enjoy the tulips.

Better yet ... go for a walk in the woods. Right now, there is a tremendous amount in bloom. I have never seen so many trout lilies and Dutchman's britches in bloom as I have this year.

IronBelly

Thanks for the quick response. Most of my perennial gardening experience has been in CA so I guess I'm just a little bit antsy. And yes, I'm enjoying the tulips! :)

Purchased a wildflower identification book a few months back, hoping to use it soon!

Check out this pretty nice website for wildflower pictures.

Here is a link that might be useful: Wildflower photos

Is that walk in northern Iowa. I'm in southeastern Iowa and am enjoying my woodland walks. Sent you a direct
e-mail.

Mine are up, one is doing well although got a little droopy today so I gave it some more water, where is all this rain we were supposed to get here in Eastern IA? Two are smaller. I started them from seed last year, had them in the house for the winter, then decided the heck with it, didn't want caring for 5 plants in gallon pots in addition to everything else so just stuck them in the ground without hardening them off although they had been started outside. Shortly after, it froze, the tops crumpled, but the roots were deep and must have taken hold. I wonder how long it will take them to bloom and how long they last, I read they sometimes don't live long. Actually I moved two of them because it turned out they were in the way of something else, so it will probably take it a bit to establish good roots again although I dug fairly deep.

Well, they still haven't come up and some poking around the plants showed no signs of life. I'll give them some more time but I'm thinking that they are goners!

I hope not, maybe they'll show up yet, but I know the feeling. I started mine from a 25-cent packet of seeds from the year before, had a lot more growing (they weren't high priority so I didn't fuss with them) but three are all I have left.

Well, I'm surprised they're not up yet. I have had the moonbeam coreopsis for years and mine is up. I've had more trouble with the hardieness of the other types of coreopsis, like early sunrise and tequila sunrise. I could send you some moonbeam coreopsis if you'd like. Where in Iowa are you?

-Pam

Pam - thank you for the offer. I'll send you an e-mail.

Tanna

Tannabanana, I hate to tell you but your coreopsis are dead.
About perennial coreopsis? I know of no annual ones...so I believe theya re all perennial. The Moonbean is the threadleaf variety and should have been showing easily by the end of April.
Sorry...but you best visit the garden center for another.
Linda C

Tannabanana, did you ever send me an e-mail? I'd still be happy to give you some coreopsis.

-Pam