Coreopsis, commonly called tickseed, belongs in the "happy-go-lucky" family of flowering perennials. They will grow in almost any kind of soil and will survive despite common gardening mistakes ...

Coreopsis is a Greek word meaning “bug-like” and was conferred on the daisy-like flower due to the resemblance its seeds have to ticks. The botanical name Coreopsis is used more often ...

Tickseed, also called coreopsis, is a mainstay in my butterfly garden. The yellow-flowering plant in its truest form is native to every county in Virginia and most of the United States and Canada.

Tickseed, or the plant genus Coreopsis, is one of these gorgeous wildflowers that can bring a prairie aesthetic to your garden. Don't feel uneasy about the title! Tickseed is actually easy to grow.

Vaningen’s species is plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria). The most commonly grown species is known as large-flowered tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora). Coreopsis gets its common name from the ...

"Endemic" describes a plant that grows naturally in only one place in the world. Of Florida's approximately 2,800 native plants, one in 12 is listed as endemic in the 2003 Guide to the Vascular ...

Coreopsis floridana or Florida tickseed begins flowering in late summer or early fall. This variety prefers a wetter area like ditches or swales and would also do well in a bog area.

In May 2024, I filled a front bed on the southwest side of our house in NE Tallahassee with five small tickseed plants in four-inch pots from Native Nurseries. They grew gorgeously. The neighbors ...

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