(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, Crème Brûlée Tickseed, Hybrid Tickseed, Limerock Ruby Tickseed)

Crème Brûlée™ tickseed is a very showy short-lived perennial. In summer, tidy mounded plants, with deeply divided bright green foliage, put forth many pretty daisies of buttercream yellow with darker yellow eyes.

Like most Coreopsis, these do best in sites with full to part sun and well drained, average soil. Though a vigorous bloomer, Crème Brûlée™ is less vigorous when it comes to surviving cold, wet winters and may be planted as an annual. Plants will continue blooming into fall...

(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, Hybrid Tickseed)

A genus of bright flowered composites native to the Americas, Coreopsis comprises many garden-worthy herbaceous annuals and perennials commonly called tickseeds. There are an estimated 30 non-hybrid species and quite a few hybrid species. Coreopsis is closely related to the genus Bidens, in fact many African species once placed under the name Coreopsis are now formally recognized as Bidens species. Wild tickseed populations exist in diverse environments,...

(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)

Like other coreopsis in the Limerock series, ‘Limerock Dream’ is a showy, free-flowering, short-lived perennial. The plant is a tidy mound of deeply divided medium green leaves on upright and spreading stems. Branching flower stems rise above the leaves in summer, bearing a profusion of daisy-like flowers with petals that shade from purplish-red at their tips to yellow-orange at their bases.

Like most Coreopsis, it does best in full to part sun and well drained, average soil. Use it in a sunny...

(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...