Coreopsis ‘Main Street’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Coreopsis verticillata named ‘Main Street’, characterized by its ray florets that are burgundy red in color with occasional flecks and spots of white near the tips on the upper surface when mature and greyed-yellow and diffused with reddish-purple near the base on the lower surface, its C. verticillata type foliage, its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5, its continuous blooms from late May/early June until frost, its height of 45 to 60 cm and an average spread of 45 cm, and its vigorous growth habit and ability to propagate well under greenhouse conditions in winter.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of  Coreopsis  plant named ‘Main Street’ as herein illustrated and described.