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Crème Brûlée
Coreopsis verticillata 'Crème Brûlée'
Crème Brûlée blooms from June through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Crème Brûlée
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 24 in tall and 24 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Is Crème Brûlée toxic to dogs or cats?
- Listed as non-toxic to dogs and cats by NC State Extension.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Crème Brûlée
Plant Crème Brûlée in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Crème Brûlée get?
24 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Crème Brûlée in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Crème Brûlée
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Crème Brûlée about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Crème Brûlée to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Crème Brûlée's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 21, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- conservationgardenpark.orgConservation Garden Park (Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Missouri Botanical Gardenheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- darwinperennials.comDarwin Perennials (Ball Horticultural Company)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- grownbyoverdevest.comOverdevest Nurseriesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Perennials.com (Heritage Perennials)Heritage Perennials (Valleybrook)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- diggingdog.comDigging Dog Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Mt. Cuba Centerheight, spread, bloom months and color and trait tags
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societysun and bloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Where it grows wild
A garden form of Anacis verticillata
Its wild parent is native to 17 states.
United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and 5 more
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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