Popular
among amateur gardeners, seed packs of coreopsis 'was
sure to be included in his first purchase of garden
seeds, along with the Virginia stock, ten-week stock,
sweetpea and mignonette' - all seeds which could be
scattered directly where they were to grow, and be assured
of actually growing.
Short
of digging them up every two or three days to see how
they were going, coreopsis could be guaranteed to endure
almost all kinds of mistreatment.
The
name comes from the Latin koris, or bug, or
possibly korus, helmet.
Coreopsis
were also known as Calliopsis, or 'beautiful
flower' or 'lovely eye'.
