Photo of the Week: Native Wildflower, Plains Coreopsis

Brilliant yellow wildflowers with deep magenta centers against a mass of lancelike green leaves.

When I planted a packet of native wildflower seeds last year, I was pleasantly surprised by the range of flowers that bloomed throughout the summer and into the fall: blue and pink Bachelor’s Button, yellow-fringed orange-centered Gailliarda, and the white flowers of Sweet Allysum.

But one of my favorites is the long-flowering Plains Coreopsis.

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