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Coreopsis pink (lat. Coreopsis rosea) - a herbaceous perennial rhizome plant from the genus Coreopsis of the Asteraceae family. It differs from most of its relatives in the genus, which have golden-yellow inflorescences, marginal petal flowers with a pink color. In favorable conditions, it can turn into an aggressive weed, displacing neighbors from the occupied territory, if you do not track its violent growth and do not subject it to periodic haircuts.
Description
Lush bushes of pink Coreopsis are almost the same in height and width. As a rule, the height of an individual bush varies from 10 to 30, less often up to 60 centimeters, while elastic stems are spread out to all four cardinal directions, forming a miniclumba with a diameter of 40 to 70 centimeters. If you do not limit the plant, forgetting to control its sprawling rhizome, then Coreopsis pink will quickly tighten the flower garden with a dense carpet of its shoots with leaves and inflorescences.
The leaves of Coreopsis pink are inferior in size to the pinnately dissected leaves of Coreopsis large-flowered, representing needle-shaped light green creatures that barely peep through the lush flowering in summer.
From June to October, numerous short peduncles with single inflorescences-baskets are selected from the axils of the leaves. In the center of the basket there are tubular bisexual flowers of yellow or ocher color. The marginal asexual flowers changed the usual yellowness of the genus, dressed up in pink or white clothes. Varieties with two-color marginal flowers have been bred, in which the crimson center is framed with a white border. At a cursory glance, the inflorescences-baskets of Coreopsis pink resemble the inflorescences-baskets of Cosmeia.
The fruit of Coreopsis pink, like other plant species of the genus Coreopsis, is an achene that resembles a bug or a tick in appearance. It was the shape of the fruit that prompted botanists to assign the name "Coreopsis" to the genus of plants. Indeed, the word "coreopsis" is based on two Greek words: "bug" and "species". Such is the rich imagination of people who study and systematize the flora of our amazing planet.
Growing
In the wild, Coreopsis pink grows in swampy areas of North America, and therefore, unlike the drought-resistant species of Coreopsis, it loves moist, but not damp, soils. To protect the plant from excess moisture, the planting site should be well-drained in order to avoid fungal root diseases.
Avoid planting the plant on clayey, poorly drained heavy soils. Loose, sandy, moderately organic soil is best suited for Coreopsis pink.
The plant grows more successfully in full sun. However, hot and humid weather will reduce the abundance of flowering, while cool weather stimulates flowering.
At the end of summer, you can trim the plant to tame the overgrown shoots and allow re-flowering.
Coreopsis pink reproduces very actively by self-seeding and spreading rhizome, forming a dense sod. Under favorable living conditions, self-reproduction can be so successful that Coreopsis pink turns into an aggressor, displacing other plants from the flower garden.
Coreopsis pink is quite resistant to pests and diseases if protected from stagnant water in the soil.
Usage
The airy foliage of Coreopsis pink and the long, abundant flowering look great in rocky gardens and rock gardens.
The plant produces spectacular borders for garden paths.
You can use Coreopsis pink as a ground cover plant, or plant it as a separate separate bush against the backdrop of a green lawn or green lawn.
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