Dwarf Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'
An easy to grow low, clump-forming perennial that is very weather tolerant. Daisy-like flowers are perfect accents in rock gardens. Its matting habit makes an excellent groundcover or edging plant.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ko-re-OP-sis a-rik-u-LA-ta |
| Key feature: | Rock Garden Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | 6 to 8 in. high, 2 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, North American Native, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2795 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Control weeds until the plants have filled in. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer.
Design Ideas
A lovely edger for the front of the garden or at the corner of a walkway where the bright yellow-orange flowers can be admired. It also makes an excellent rockery plant. Good with sun-loving companions.
Companion Plants
Associates well with other sunny colors in the border including Fern Leaf Yarrow (Achillea x 'Moonshine') and Georgenberg Chilean Avens (Geum x heldreichii 'Georgenberg'), a clumping perennial topped with orange-scarlet blooms. Good contrast to the violet-blue of East Friesland Meadow Sage (Salvia nemorosa 'East Friesland') and the magenta-rose of Magnus Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus').
History
This is a large genus of over 100 species native to the Americas, tropical Africa and Hawaii. This species is native to the woods of Virginia and Kentucky southward to Louisiana. This variety, Nana, is the only one cultivated today.
Lore
Coreopsis are known as tickseed due to resemblance of its seed to insects known as ticks.
An easy to grow low, clump-forming perennial that is very weather tolerant. Daisy-like flowers are perfect accents in rock gardens. Its matting habit makes an excellent groundcover or edging plant.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Control weeds until the plants have filled in. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer.
Design Ideas
A lovely edger for the front of the garden or at the corner of a walkway where the bright yellow-orange flowers can be admired. It also makes an excellent rockery plant. Good with sun-loving companions.
Companion Plants
Associates well with other sunny colors in the border including Fern Leaf Yarrow (Achillea x 'Moonshine') and Georgenberg Chilean Avens (Geum x heldreichii 'Georgenberg'), a clumping perennial topped with orange-scarlet blooms. Good contrast to the violet-blue of East Friesland Meadow Sage (Salvia nemorosa 'East Friesland') and the magenta-rose of Magnus Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus').
History
This is a large genus of over 100 species native to the Americas, tropical Africa and Hawaii. This species is native to the woods of Virginia and Kentucky southward to Louisiana. This variety, Nana, is the only one cultivated today.
Lore
Coreopsis are known as tickseed due to resemblance of its seed to insects known as ticks.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ko-re-OP-sis a-rik-u-LA-ta |
| Key feature: | Rock Garden Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | 6 to 8 in. high, 2 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, North American Native, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2795 |
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