(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

This hybrid tickseed, the Corey Yellow™ (‘Core Yel’), is an herbaceous perennial with bright yellow and deep red daisy blossoms fit for cutting. Bloom starts in early summer and continues until frost in autumn. The bright yellow petals turn deep red at their bases where they surround a golden yellow central disc. By late spring or early summer, the plant is an upright mass of stems with flowers reaching above the plant. Butterflies and bees frequent them every chance possible. Deadhead the plant...

(Coreopsis)

Large blossoms that rival those of cosmos, Cranberry Ice tickseed's blooms are a deep cranberry red with petal edges and tips dappled in white. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Cranberry Ice' is a low mounding cultivar with bright "flower power". Its deep coral-red petals are tipped in white speckles and surround a dark red disk with golden anthers, attracting butterflies and bees. The flowers continue if spent blossoms are promptly trimmed off.

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(Coreopsis)

The Fruit Punch tickseed's flowers are like a bullseye - white with a eye-catching red center. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Fruit Punch' is a mounding cultivar with limited winter cold tolerance. Multicolored, the white petals have a light pink tip and turn red as they meet to surround a golden red disk, attracting butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers that open high above the foliage.

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(Coreopsis, Full Moon Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

This hybrid tickseed is notable for its uncommonly large canary-yellow flowers, long bloom, and vigor. A complex hybrid from breeder Darrell Probst, 'Full Moon' is the first of his Big Bang Series. The flowers appear in late spring atop upright stems. The flower petals are broad and overlapping, with scalloped tips, and they radiate from an olive-gold or brown center disc. As the flowers wither, cut them away to prompt new flushes of bloom into late autumn.

Like most Coreopsis, this cultivar...

(Coreopsis)

Cheerful in rosy pink color but robust in the richness of tone, Garnet tickseed flowers heavily for such a low-maintenance plant. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Citrine' is a mounding cultivar. Its deep coral-rose petals surround a golden dark red disk, attracting butterflies and bees. The bases of petals blush deep red to match the disk. Promptly trim away old flowers to encourage continual flowering across summer and into autumn.

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(Coreopsis, Gold Nugget Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

Gold Nugget tickseed is an exceptional hybrid perennial that becomes a vibrant golden mound of color in the landscape. In summer, handsomely mounded plants with deeply divided bright green foliage yield hundreds of eight-petaled, yellow and dark rusty orange-red flowers with golden central discs. Butterflies and bees with dance around the flowers every chance they get.

Like most Coreopsis, these do best in sites with full to part sun and well drained, average soil that is not excessively...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed, Jethro Tull Tickseed)

Jethro Tull tickseed is a wonderful hybrid that will provide golden yellow blooms all summer long. Drought tolerant and resilient, it has threadlike green foliage, and becomes covered with golden daisies with distinctly tubular, or fluted, petals. Deadheading will ensure a continuous bloom.

For best growth, plant 'Jethro Tull' in average, well drained soil and full to part sun. Its flowers are attractive to butterflies and will brighten any sunny mixed border or container. In the garden, plant...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

The coreopsis cultivar, ‘Limerock Passion’ is a very showy, short-lived perennial. In late spring to early fall, tidy mounded plants, with deeply divided medium green leave put forth a profusion of daisy-like flowers that are lavender-pink with yellow centers (lavender-pink is an unusual color, given that most coreopsis are yellow). As the plant matures, the flowers become paler pink.

Like most coreopsis, ‘Limerock Passion’ grows and flowers best in full to part sun and well drained, average...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed, Little Penny Tickseed)

Vigorous and freely flowering, Little Penny tickseed's small blossoms add the desert sunset colors to the summer landscape. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Little Penny' grows as a low, spreading pincushion mound with limited winter cold tolerance. The many coppery orange-red daisy flowers attract butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers in summer, even into early autumn.

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(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed, Mango Punch Tickseed)

Low, nicely branched stems with rusty orange daisy flowers describes the Mango Punch tickseed's summer appearance. An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Mango Punch' grows as a low mound with limited winter cold tolerance. The many rusty orange daisy flowers attract butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers in summer, even into early autumn.

Plant 'Mango Punch' in a well-draining moist to slightly dry...