Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolataAlso called Lance-leaf Coreopsis
Lanceleaf Coreopsis is a perennial native to Central Texas that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1.5–2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low to medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in late summer. Good for butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsClump-forming perennial with bright yellow daisies on wiry stems in late spring.
Why it works here
Easy, cheerful, and it reseeds into drifts along a drive or a fence line with no help.
Watch out
Goes dormant and looks ragged after bloom — cut it back. Can seed more freely than a formal bed wants.
The facts
8 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low to medium
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1.5–2 ft
- Bloom
- Late Summer · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, dry, gravelly, loam, sand, well drained
- Deer
- Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Flowers browsed when other forage is short.
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
48 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.