Mercury Rising Coreopsis
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description: A Hardy Red Coreopsis That Breaks Away from Traditional Yellow Mercury Rising Coreopsis brings an entirely different color palette to the sunny perennial garden. Instead of the golden-yellow flowers associated with most tickseed plants, this distinctive hybrid produces rich wine-red to deep burgundy blooms surrounding small, bright golden centers. The velvety flower color creates a warm, saturated display that stands out beautifully against green foliage. It also combines easily with white, pink, lavender, blue, orange, and gold companion plants, giving gardeners more design flexibility than a conventional yellow Coreopsis. Mercury Rising belongs to the Big Bang™ series developed for improved hardiness, longer flowering, vigorous growth, and unusual flower colors. It provides the visual drama of a tender red Coreopsis while offering perennial performance in suitable Zone 5 through Zone 9 gardens. This is not an upright, narrow tickseed. The plant remains relatively low while its well-branched stems spread outward, creating a broad flowering mound that can fill the front or middle of a sunny bed. Velvety Burgundy Flowers Keep Appearing for Months Mercury Rising begins flowering in early to midsummer and can continue producing blooms until hard frost. Its sterile or nearly sterile flowers direct relatively little energy into seed production, helping the plant keep developing new buds over an unusually long season. Each daisy-like flower can reach approximately 1½ to nearly 2 inches across. Deep red ray petals surround a frilly golden-yellow center, producing a crisp contrast that remains visible from across the landscape. Flower color can change slightly with the weather. Creamy white tips or streaks may appear on the red petals during periods of intense heat or as seasonal conditions change. This is a natural characteristic of the cultivar rather than a sign of damage or incorrect labeling. In regions with very hot summers, flowering may slow during the hottest part …
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  value: 1 Gallon Pot
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