Tickseed (Coreopsis)
Coreopsis species. ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE).
Planting and Growing Tickseed
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow tickseed in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of tickseed
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for tickseed
- Season of bloom and planting time for tickseed
- When, how deep, and where to plant tickseed
- How to plant tickseed
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of tickseed
- Landscape and container uses of tickseed
- Comments about tickseed and its features
Growing Tickseed
Over 100 species of narrow, upright, annual or perennial herbs, 6–36 in. (15–90 cm) tall, 1 ft. (30 cm) wide. Shiny, deep green, long, straplike, toothed or lobed leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long.
See also threadleaf coreopsis, Coreopsis verticillata, a perennial species with gold to yellow flowers.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many brownish orange or yellow, rose, bicolored, daisylike flowers, to 3 in. (75 mm) wide, with contrasting centers, in summer–autumn.
Best Climates
Hardy. Self-seeding. Zones 4–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich–low. 5.0–6.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring, after soil warms, zones 4–8; autumn, zones 9–10, in full sun, 1 ft. (30 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Very easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize annually in spring. Deadhead spent flowers. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for borders, edgings, foregrounds in cottage, formal, meadow, natural, wildlife gardens. Good for cutting. Attracts birds, butterflies. Chewing insects and leaf spot, powdery mildew, rust susceptible.