I am hoping they keep a neat mound shape like I've read, and I like the short height. I am also hoping they are more yellow and not yellow-orangey.

But what I really want to know is, assuming these are new first - year plants, how long do you think they will take to bloom?

I'm trying not to be too impatient, but our 80 degree weather turned back into 40's and 50's. But it's too late. The spring bug has bit me.

Thanks!

According to my 2012 garden notes, my seed-grown plants bloomed the beginning of June.

I consider them a valuable addition to the perennial garden since they require zero attention aside from my admiration. They do attract pollinators--bees, butterflies & birds.

I haven't found 'Early Sunrise' to have a mounding habit. My own plants were grown from seed via winter sowing which tends to make them more robust than nursery-grown plants. Mine grow in a clump & attain a height of nearly 3 ft. tall. It's been my experience that the mounding, shorter Coreopsis cultivars are in the thread-leaf group, i.e., Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' or 'Moonbeam.' I have 'Zagreb' which is a stronger yellow than 'Moonbeam' but even so doesn't lean toward orange.

Three feet tall is making me rethink where I was going to put them, though! The tag says 18 inches. Haha. I have another place where they'd be good, and I'll look into the shorter varieties you mentioned.

Thanks again. That was very helpful.

Kevin

sara82lee - since Kevin confirmed the height of 'Early Sunrise' in his garden, please disregard the information I posted above regarding height. I'm glad the color and bloom time information was helpful.

Kevin - I wish my winter sown plants grew to less than 2 ft. since where I planted them (at the base of an oak tree) they sure look odd growing so tall!