Whoah! The rich color in this that's coming through the fog is such a contrast to the other morning, a drab Atlantic kind of scene. This one makes me look forward to a sunny day at the beach and the other one makes me one to curl up in front of the fire with a good book.

Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' is a very reliable perennial here in Zone 6 and provides quite a nice display of bright yellow blooms that don't lean towards being more orange than yellow. 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.

I'm a bit dumbfounded here. I just googled sunrise coreopsis and all the sites I click on say it's perennial from zones 3 to 9. I found T&M and even it states that it's a "Hardy Herbaceous Perennial". See the link below. It certainly is a perennial in my zone, reseeding profusely every year. I enjoy it and so do the bees and butterflies! Here is a link that might be useful: T&M Coreopsis sunrise.

Cool, I love those programs, don't have one myself but love seeing the results people get from using them, especially when they show comparison shots like yours. I like both pictures, each serves a purpose. I think the second one allows you to imagine what another arch would look like. [great I think] Valerie