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Coreopsis grandiflora

How to grow Tickseed 'Sunfire'.

Gold with a maroon eye. Very sunny.

Light
Full sun
Water
Low
Zones
4–9
Size
20–24 in. tall, 20–24 in. wide
Spacing
18–24 in. apart.
Pets
Not on the ASPCA pet-safe list; keep it out of reach
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Tickseed with large golden yellow flowers marked with maroon centers on wiry stems

Light

Full sun.

Water

Water weekly the first summer. Then only in long droughts.

Planting and soil

Plant in spring or early fall in well-drained, even poor, soil.

Feeding

None. Fertilizer makes it floppy and shorter-lived.

Pruning

Deadhead through summer. Cut back to the basal leaves in late fall.

Through the year

Low leaves in spring, flowers from June through August.

If something's off

Expect a 2–3 year lifespan; seedlings replace it. Wet winter soil rots it.

Plays well with

Plant it with friends.

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Why we stock it: Cheerful, heat-proof color from a native wildflower.

Grows wild in 10 states (USDA PLANTS records). 17 eastern pollen-specialist bee species use Coreopsis (Fowler & Droege 2020).

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