Coreopsis

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  1. BB3

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    I have a very large, very healthy coreopsis in a container.
    It is a rather violent in-yer-face plain yellow that doesn't go with anything. I want to plant it out of sight in dry partial shade that gets blistering sun midday in the summer. Is it likely to survive with minimal watering?
    should I try it down there in the container to see how it goes or plant it straight out?
    It has really nice foliage and I was hoping it wouldn't flower this year but it's covered in buds.
     
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    Probably best to plant out and you will need to water to establish.

    Blistering sun? which part of the tropics are you in.:biggrin:

    No such thing as a flower that doesn't go with anything, nature manages it.;)
     
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      When it flowers I'll post a pic - if my phone can do justice to the full horror.

      It only needed to be blistering hot one day for some plants that have turned crispy on me - a rather nice little ex- acer for one.
       
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        I know what you mean about that sort of loud colour @BB3. It stares at you and follows you :thud:. I have a rose which is supposed to be orange but it’s a lurid pink. No way, even my keen gardening neighbour refused to offer it a new home :biggrin:.
         
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          I've bought roses with faded labels. Nice, subtle hues. Then they flower:sad:.
          I don't like killing stuff just because it's ugly. I put it them the oubliette. They could come for me next:sad:
           
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            I see your ' nature manages it' and raise you African marigolds - particularly the greeny yellow ones. @pete
             
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              Never understood the strange thing about colours I'm afraid, not very artistic myself, I just grow plants.;)
               
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                We had a coreopsis once planted in our hot border. It’s got all the morning sun and then the red hot stuff for a good portion of the afternoon. It always sagged, drooped and need copious watering just to keep it upright. Its now gone on its journey to somewhere else….up on high.
                 
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