Sunshine on a Stick - Sand Coreopsis at Kankakee Sands
Photo by Donna Lucas. I have had the honor of working at Kankakee Sands for the past 20 years. That’s 20 years of seeing some of the prettiest flowers on the planet carpet the prairie with their amazing color. Yet, each and every June I am stopped in my tracks on the day that the sand coreopsis ( Coreopsis lanceolata ) begins to bloom. There it is, waving its bright yellow blossoms in the wind, sunshine on a stick…
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