Coreopsis verticillata

A fantastic option if you want to fill beds or line borders with a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and long-blooming flower that also attracts butterflies so wonderful yellow flowers are produced by the coreopsis plant in the spring and early summer. It produces stems that grow to a height of 50 cm, making it a perfect choice for borders. During the warmer months, it should be put in full sun, watered about three times each week, and given somewhat less water during the off-season.

When cultivated in their ideal environment, these plants generally require little care. One of the easiest perennials to plant, coreopsis can provide you with a dependable summer display of blooms and butterflies with little work. The variety shown here is fibrous coreopsis, but so is any coreopsis. Their yellow flowers attract smaller butterflies such as whiteflies and whiteflies.