All You Need To Know About Tickseed Coreopsis

Written By Jessie Shrieve

Tickseed Coreopsis

Coreopsis gladiata - Asteraceae Family

NEEDS

  • Low maintenance 

  • Drought tolerant

  • Long blooming

  • Full sun

  • Deadheading will keep it blooming 

USES & FLOWERS

  • Finely textured foliage

  • Yellow aster-like blooms summer thru fall

  • 1-2’tall and wide

  • Profuse bloomer

PROBLEMS & CARE

  • Some varieties more hardy than others, behaving more like annuals than perennials

  • Heavy wet soils, standing water= root rot

Jessie Shrieve
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